6 Shiites killed during Iraqi ceremony



Mourners carry the coffin of Mohammed Juma, 52, during his funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday. Juma was killed Thursday when a car bomb exploded near a funeral tent. Explosions killed at least 26 people across Iraq on Thursday, most of them Shiite pilgrims, authorities said.A roadside bomb kills six Shiite Muslim pilgrims during a procession, the latest violence targeting the group during observances of a religious holiday, officials say.

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