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Bomber kills at least 9 and wounds 19 in Iraq - source


    SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeting Shi'ite pilgrims killed at least 9 people and wounded 19 near the Iraqi city of Samarra on Saturday, a police source said.

    "So far we have received nine dead bodies, five of them are unrecognisable, and 19 wounded. Women and children are amongst them," the police source at Samarra hospital said.

    Samarra is 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad.

    (Reporting by Sabah al-Bazee; Writing by Serena Chaudhry)