BAGHDAD (AP) — Police and medical officials say seven Iranian Shiite pilgrims traveling in central Iraq were wounded when their bus came under attack by unidentified gunmen.

The officials said late Sunday that the bus carrying 10 pilgrims was north of the capital of Baghdad when gunmen opened fire.

They say the wounded passengers were taken to a hospital, including a woman who was in serious condition. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with briefing regulations.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.</s>Bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in Iraq comes under attack

BAGHDAD (AP) — Police and medical officials say a bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims has come under attack in Iraq.

The bus was travelling from Samarra to Baghdad when it was targeted about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Baghdad by unidentified gunmen, the officials said. They added that it was carrying ten people and seven Iranian passengers were wounded and taken to hospital, including one woman in serious condition. They spoke on condition of anonymity according to regulations.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.</s>BAGHDAD — Police and medical officials say seven Iranian Shiite pilgrims traveling in central Iraq were wounded when their bus came under attack by unidentified gunmen late Sunday.

The officials said that the bus carrying 10 pilgrims, seven of them Iranian, was some 50 kilometers north of the capital of Baghdad when gunmen opened fire.

It was travelling from Samarra, a Shiite pilgrimage destination, to Baghdad.

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They said the wounded passengers were taken to a hospital, including a woman who was in serious condition.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with briefing regulations.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.</s>BAGHDAD — Police and medical officials say a bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims has come under attack in Iraq.

The bus was travelling from Samarra to Baghdad when it was targeted about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Baghdad by unidentified gunmen, the officials said. They added that it was carrying ten people and seven Iranian passengers were wounded and taken to hospital, including one woman in serious condition. They spoke on condition of anonymity according to regulations.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</s>(Hatha al-Youm | Iraq News )- Seven Iranian Shiite pilgrims were wounded as they were traveling in central Iraq when their bus came under attack by unidentified gunmen, police and medical officials said.The bus, carrying 10 pilgrims, was north of the capital of Baghdad when gunmen opened fire, according to officials late on Sunday.Speaking on condition of anonymity, the sources said the wounded passengers were taken to a hospital. One woman who was in serious condition. No claim of responsibility for the attack has been declared yet.</s>The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our normal editorial standards. It is provided to our readers as a service from The Western Journal.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Police and medical officials say a bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims has come under attack in Iraq.

The bus was travelling from Samarra to Baghdad when it was targeted about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Baghdad by unidentified gunmen, the officials said. They added that it was carrying ten people and seven Iranian passengers were wounded and taken to hospital, including one woman in serious condition. They spoke on condition of anonymity according to regulations.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our editorial standards.</s>Nine Iranian pilgrims and an Iraqi assistant driver have sustained injuries in the attack, three of whom are in serious conditions, said Morteza Aqaei, a senior Iranian pilgrimage official.

Seven people have been transferred to a local hospital in the city of Al-Balad, and others to Kadhimiya hospital, he added.

A woman, in serious condition, has also been transferred to a hospital in Baghdad.

The pilgrims were from the Iranian city of Parsabad Moghan in Ardabil province, north-west of Iran.

On the type of the attack, some media reports have described it as an improvised explosive device (IED) that exploded in the roadside, but there were also reports that the terrorist have opened fire on the bus.</s>In a Monday statement, Qassemi strongly condemned the brutal and inhumane attack, saying that the Iranian foreign ministry and the country’s embassy in Baghdad are seriously looking into the incident and pursuing the conditions of those wounded.

“The rejected and defeated terrorist groups in Iraq are still under the delusion that they are in existence,” he noted.

“They wishfully think that they can damage the strong bonds and unity among the Iranian and Iraqi nations by committing such inhumane crimes, but they won’t achieve their inauspicious goals,” Qassemi said.

“Such disasters will strengthen the two nations’ resolve to fully eradicate the remnants of criminals,” he added.

Several Iranian pilgrims were wounded on Sunday after the bus carrying them in the south of Iraq’s Saladin governorate was targeted by terrorists, an Iranian official confirmed.

Nine Iranian pilgrims and an Iraqi assistant driver have sustained injuries in the attack, three of whom are in serious conditions, said Morteza Aqaei, a senior Iranian pilgrimage official.

Seven people have been transferred to a local hospital in the city of Al-Balad, and others to Kadhimiya hospital, he added.

The pilgrims were from the Iranian city of Parsabad Moghan in Ardabil province, north-west of Iran.

Regarding the type of the attack, some media reports described it as an improvised explosive device (IED) that exploded in the roadside, but there were also reports that the terrorist have opened fire on the bus.</s>According to IRIB, the attack was launched on Sunday, around 7:00 PM local time when the bus was moving from a shortcut road in Samarra which was not provided with security by Iraqi forces.

A 34-year-old Iranian woman was martyred, and eight Iranian pilgrims and the Iraqi bus driver were injured and transferred to local hospitals, the report adds.

The pilgrims were from the Iranian city of Parsabad Moghan in Ardabil province.

IRIB says that terrorists have opened fire on the bus from inside marshes while some Iraqi media report that a bomb has been exploded on the side of the road.

No terrorist group has yet claimed responsibility of the attack.</s>(Hatha al-Youm | Iraq News )-");switch (data.model) {case "visited":var registerdate = $('#registerdate');registerdate.append(data.msg1);if (data.msg1.indexOf("KK") "));});});Share shareSeveral Iranian pilgrims were killed and wounded in the attack. (Photo: Social Media)ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – An unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims near the town of Balad, north of Baghdad, according to an Iraqi security source.The attack took place on Sunday evening as the Shia pilgrims were returning from a visit to the religious shrine of Seyid Mohammed, about 80 kilometers north of Baghdad.There were casualties reported among the pilgrims and the driver.The attack targeted a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims. (Photo: Social Media)The source on Monday claimed the attack killed an Iranian visitor and wounded eight others, including the Iraqi bus driver.The town of Balad is located in the province of Salahuddin.The victims were soon transferred to Kadhimiya Hospital in BaghdadThere was no immediate claim of responsibility by any group, but the Islamic State in the past has carried out similar operations targeting Shia pilgrims.This is the latest bloody attack on Shia pilgrims.Iraq declared victory against the Islamic State in Dec. 2017, but the jihadist group continues to carry out insurgency attacks, ambushes, and kidnapping in the country.Late Saturday night, members of the Islamic State attacked an oil police checkpoint and a second location controlled by other Iraqi security forces, both in Iraq’s province of Diyala.Editing by Nadia Riva
Seven Iranian pilgrims are wounded after their bus comes under attack by unidentified gunmen in central Iraq; one woman is described as being in serious condition.