(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Two buses on Friday collided on the main highway connecting Hilla to Najaf, injuring another 53 people, most of them pilgrims.
"We received 17 bodies, including those of four Iranian pilgrims," Dr. Ali al-Shammari at Hilla hospital in Babil province, south of Baghdad, said.
The casualties had reportedly come from those aboard both buses.
No further details have been made available.
Najaf and Karbala, which host the shrines of Imam Ali (AS) and his son Imam Hussein (AS), attract hundreds of Iranians every day.
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