Two explosions were heard early today in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a day after simultaneous suicide bombings on Shiite Muslim shrines killed at least 143 people.

At least 143 people were killed when simultaneous explosions ripped through crowds of worshippers today at Shiite Muslim shrines in Baghdad and Karbala on the holiest day of the Shiite calendar.

At least 125 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in attacks on Shiite shrines in Baghdad and the southern city of Karbala today, Iraq’s Governing Council said.

At least 83 people were killed after a series of co-ordinated blasts struck major Shiite Muslim shrines in the Iraqi city of Karbala and in Baghdad today, as thousands of pilgrims converged on the climactic day of their most important religious festival.

Scores of people were feared killed after several explosions hit major Shiite shrines in the Iraqi city of Karbala and in Baghdad today where thousands of pilgrims were gathered to for a religious festival.