According to the latest reports, 965 Shiite Muslim pilgrims were killed and another 815 injured in the chaos that ensued after a tip-off that a bomb was planted near the shrine of the seventh Shiite imam Musa al-Kadhim whose death anniversary the pilgrims marked on Wednesday.
ZAGREB, Sept 1 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Thursdaysent a letter to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani offering condolenceson the death of nearly 1,000 people killed in a stampede on a bridgein Baghdad on Wednesday, the
Office of the President said in astatement.
ZAGREB, Sept 1 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on
Thursday sent a letter to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani offering condolences
on the death of nearly 1,000 people killed in a stampede on a bridge in Baghdad
on Wednesday, the Office of the President said in a statement.