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Bombs in Baghdad kill 14, including some Shi'ite pilgrims

Smoke rises from a car bomb attack in the Saydiya district of southern Baghdad, Iraq May 2, 2016.

Three bombs went off in and around Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, including Shi'ite Muslim worshippers conducting an annual pilgrimage inside the capital, police and medical sources said.

The largest blast, which Islamic State said it was behind, came from a parked car bomb in the Saydiya district of southern Baghdad that killed 11 and wounded 30, the sources said.

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