31 Iraqi Pilgrims Killed, Several Hurt in Stampede at Shiite Shrine in Karbala During Ashura Rituals

It was the deadliest stampede in recent history during Ashoura commemorations, when hundreds of thousands of people converge on the city, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, for the occasion every year.

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