Baghdad Stampede Kills 800 Shiite Pilgrims
By SAMEER N. YACOUB
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, thousands of Shiite pilgrims broke into a stampede on a bridge during a religious procession Wednesday, crushing one another or plunging 30 feet into the muddy Tigris river. About 800 died, mostly women and children, officials said.
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber, thousands of Shiite pilgrims broke into a stampede on a bridge during a religious procession Wednesday, crushing one another or plunging 30 feet into the muddy Tigris river. About 800 died, mostly women and children, officials said.
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