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Bloody Hell
At least 600 people have been killed in a stampede of Shia pilgrims in northern Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
The incident happened on a bridge over the Tigris River as over a million of Shias marched to a holy shrine as part of an annual religious festival.
It was sparked by rumours of suicide bombers in a crowd. In the ensuing panic many pilgrims were crushed and some fell into the river.
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"We have lost count, we have hundreds and hundreds of dead and injured," a Health Ministry official told the Reuters news agency.
"We can't tell how many are dead. Many bodies are still in the river," the official added.
August 31 2005, 19:23:13 UTC 6 years ago