Shiite pilgrim martyred in Baghdad

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A visitor to the 40th Martyrdom Day of Imam Hussein Bin-Ali (pbuh) has been martyred in an explosive charge blast and 5 others injured in Mahmoudiya township, south of Baghdad, a police source reported on Saturday. "An explosive charge blew up early on Saturday morning, aimed at a group of visitors on the 40th Martyrdom Day of Imam Hussein Bin-Ali, in Mahmoudiya township, south of Baghdad early in the day, killing one of its members and wounding 5 others," the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "The injured were driven to a nearby hospital for treatment," the source added. Security Forces had cordoned off the venue of the explosion, keeping the visitors away, for fear of other explosions. The Shiite Muslims commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Day of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, who was martyred, together with 72 of his faithful relatives and supporters in the city of Karbala in the Islamic Hijri Year 61./129