BREAKING: Iraqi security officials say at least 12 people were killed when part of a walkway collapsed during Ashoura commemorations in the Shiite holy city of Karbala.
Iraq’s state-run TV channel, citing Iraq’s Health Ministry, says the death toll from a stampede in the Shiite holy city of Karbala has climbed to 31.
Another 75 people were injured in the incident which security officials told The Associated Press happened when part of a walkway collapsed during Ashoura commemorations Tuesday. Tens of thousands of people converge on the holy city for the occasion, one of the most sacre religious holy days for the Shiite sect.
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