An aerial view of the Muslim Shi'ite shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Baghdad, Iraq in this file photo dated May 24, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber driving a car killed at least 19 people and wounded 48 others on Saturday in an attack claimed by Islamic State on a group of Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in a southeastern suburb of Baghdad, Iraqi police sources said.
A second explosion near a Shi'ite militia checkpoint in the capital's Dora district killed two and wounded three others, police sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for that blast.
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