Bombing outside of Karbala, Iraq kills at least a dozen 

<p>Police officials report that at least a dozen people have been killed and many more wounded in a blast near the Iraqi city of Karbala, south of Baghdad.</p> <p>The bomb was planted on a bus and detonated near a northern entrance to the city as it passed through an army checkpoint between Karbala and the town of al-Hilla.</p> <p>No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Officials reported that those killed in the explosion and subsequent bus fire were all civilians.</p> <p>The bombing occurred during a holy period marked by Shias between two important religious events, Ashoura and Arbaeen.</p> <p>Read more <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/deadly-bombing-targets-bus-iraqi…">here</a>.</p>