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Attack kills 12 in Iraqi Shia holy city
Twelve civilians were killed and five were wounded Friday in a bomb blast on a bus at the northern edge of the Iraqi Shia holy city of Karbala, medical officials said. Security forces arrived quickly to the scene of the attack, which was not immediately claimed. Attacks have been rare in Karbala in recent years, but sleeper cells of the Islamic State group, which Iraq declared victory against in late 2017, continue to carry out attacks across the country.
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