By NNN-KUNA,
Baghdad : The Baghdad Operations Command has imposed a curfew on all vehicles in the capital Baghdad as of Tuesday morning in the wake of the explosions that targeted the Shiites pilgrims.
Spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command Major General Qasim Atta said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) here Monday that a curfew on all vehicles and motorcycles will be in force as of 5 am on Tuesday in all areas of the capital.
Atta said that the curfew would run till 5 am on Wednesday, pointing out that services vehicles bearing special permits by the Operations Command would be exempted from the curfew.
Three women bombers blew themselves up on Monday in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, one of a string of attacks in Iraq that killed at least 56 people, undermining hopes of a drop in violence.
Scores of people were also wounded in the attacks, which come after a relative lull in the sectarian violence that has ravaged the country since February 2006, when insurgents blew up a Shiite mosque in the central city of Samarra.
The triple attack in Baghdad killed 26 pilgrims as they headed to a holy shrine for a major religious ceremony on the Shiite Muslim calendar that has been marred by bloodshed in the past, security officials said.