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Double suicide bombing kills 60 at Iraq shrine

At least 60 people were killed and 125 hurt when two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of a packed Shia shrine in Baghdad. The bombers detonated their explosives belts within minutes of each other near two gates of the revered shrine, which was crowded with worshippers. It comes just a day after more than 75 people were killed in suicide bombings in Sunni terrorists wearing suicide vests struck again, targeting Shia pilgrims.

Iraqi police said that 25 of those killed in the latest attack at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine, a frequent target for Sunni insurgents in the Shia neighbourhood of Kadhimiya, were Iranian pilgrims.It means that more than 130 people have been killed in suicide bombings in Iraq in the space of 24 hours. The attack happened at the Imam Moussa al-Khadim shrine in the Kadhimiya area as people gathered for Friday prayers.

Yesterday nearly 80 people were killed in two separate suicide attacks in Baghdad and Baquba. At least 48 people, mainly Iranian pilgrims, were killed when a suicide bomber blew up a restaurant in Baquba, Diyala province, north-east of the capital, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. And in Baghdad, a suicide bomber infiltrated a crowd of displaced families as they received supplies from police, detonating an explosives belt and killing at least 28 people.

Meanwhile, new statistics from Iraq's health ministry, say that since 2005 when violence worsened more than 87,000 Iraqis have been killed. The figures are based on hospital and morgue records and are seen as significant given the heated and highly politicised debate over the human cost of the war in Iraq, our correspondent says. The latest bombing is a worrying development, especially after Thursday's attacks, said the BBC's correspondent in Baghdad.

It was attacks like these that helped fuel the cycle of sectarian violence that took many thousands of lives in 2006 and 2007, he adds.Many Iraqis will be worried it could be a sign of worse to come when US troops complete their withdrawal, as they are supposed to do by 2011.

By Hayley Jarvis for SOS Children