Shafaq News-Basra
A vehiclestruck a group of people walking toward Karbala for the Arbaeen pilgrimage onThursday in the Basra district of al-Hartha, killing at least ten and injuringtwelve, some of them in serious condition.
A securitysource told Shafaq News that the driver, who was drunk at the time, was passingalong the main road through al-Hartha, northeast of Basra, where hundreds ofthousands of pilgrims were traveling on foot to Karbala, and hit a number ofthem at around 3:00 a.m.
The Basra localgovernment declared a three-day period of mourning across the province for thevictims, according to a Shafaq News correspondent.
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