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Two bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have left at least 29 people dead, police said. | |
Nineteen people died in the Karrada district when a car bomb exploded near a truck carrying Shia pilgrims. | |
In a separate incident, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a minibus in eastern Baghdad, killing 10 people. | |
The latest violence comes a day after Baghdad hosted a conference on security, attended by world powers including the US, Syria and Iran. | |
In Karrada, a car bomber drove into a truck that was bringing about 70 men and boys home from the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. | |
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims had gone to Karbala to mark the Arbaeen ceremony, one of the holiest events in the Shia calendar. | |
"I blame the government," the Associated Press news agency quoted one man injured in the blast as saying. | |
"They didn't provide a safe route for us even though they knew we were targets for attack." | |
Last week, in the run-up to the ceremony, scores of pilgrims were killed in bomb and gun attacks across Iraq. | |
Sunday's separate suicide attack happened in Bagdad's Shia stronghold of Sadr City, injuring at least eight people. | |
On Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki appealed to Iraq's neighbours to help tackle the sectarian and insurgent violence. | |
The one-day conference brought together envoys from the US, Iran and Syria for the first time in years. |