20 dead, 300 wounded as snipers open fire on pilgrims

At least 20 people were killed and dozens more were wounded when snipers opened fire from rooftops and a cemetery in a series of attacks on a Shiite religious procession in Baghdad.

The “terrorist assaults” took place when the pilgrims were walking through Sunni areas on their way to the shrine of Imam Moussa Kadhim, one of 12 Shiite saints, said Health Ministry spokesman Qassim Allawi.