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60 killed in Baghdad shrine

Published:Friday | April 24, 2009 | 1:00 PM

At least 60 people are now dead and another 125 injured following a double suicide bombing at a shrine in Baghdad.



The attack reportedly happened as people gathered for Friday prayers.



It comes a day after 84 people were killed in two separate suicide attacks in Baghdad and Baquba.



Officials say many of the victims were Iranian pilgrims.



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 mortuary records and are seen as significant, given the heated and highly politicised debate over the human cost of the war in Iraq.