By IRNA,
Baghdad : At least six people were killed in a car bomb attack against Shia pilgrims in Baghdad on Saturday.
At least 10 people were injured in the blast in the capital.
The Shia pilgrims were heading to the holy city of Karbala to mark the birthday of the 12th Imam Mahdi (May God Hasten His Reappearance).
On Thursday, 18 people died after a female attacker blew herself up while among a group of pilgrims in the town of Iskandariya, south of Baghdad.
Seventy-five people were injured in that attack.
Tens of thousands of Shia pilgrims are expected to go on pilgrimage to Karbala on the auspicious occasion.
Thousands of troops and police have been mobilised to try to protect the pilgrims – including many female security personnel drafted in to search women after a recent increase in the use of female bombers.