Many dead in Iraq shrine blast

A female suicide bomber has attacked Shia worshippers in the city of Karbala, killing 49 of them on the street leading to one of Iraq's most revered mosques.
 
An Iraqi police officer and a witness said that Monday's bombing was carried out by a woman.
 
But a US statement said the identity of the bomber remained unknown.

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Salim Kadhim, a spokesman of the Karbala health directorate, said on Tuesday that the dead included seven Iranian pilgrims.