KarbalaA suicide bomber has killed at least 21 people in a market near the Iraqi city of Karbala, in an attack likely targeting Shia Muslims, for whom the citys tomb of Imam Al-Hussein is a popular pilgrimage destination.
Various reports said the blast took place in the smaller town of Mussayib, which lies just east of Karbala on the Eurphrates Rriver.
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack through its news agency, Amaq.
A rash of bombings has hit Iraq in recent weeks, including a suicide bombing of a Baghdad ice cream parlour two weeks ago that killed at least ten people including children.
IS also claimed responsibility for that attack and a car bomb on the same day.
Iraqi forces, backed by a coalition of foreign states, is battling the extremist group in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, while Kurdish forces in recent days began an assault on the groups so-called capital of Raqqa in Syria.
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