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Female suicide bomber attacks Shiite worshippers, killing 42

(17 Mar 2008) 1. Police car driving, upsound of siren and shrine of Imam Hussein in background 2. Man carrying plastic box filled with human flesh 3. Pool of blood and slipper covered in blood 4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Vox Pop, Eyewitness "While I was walking in the camp (camp related to the shrine yard) a woman wearing an explosive belt blew up here. Immediately I ran to the site, evacuated dead people on pick-up trucks, and now I am collecting evidence. I found teeth in the remains, and I found TNT and wires. I have a lot of evidence. I worked in Baghdad and I know about these things." 5. Blood spot and slipper on ground STORYLINE: A female suicide bomber in Iraq attacked a group of Shiite worshippers near a mosque in Karbala on Monday, killing at least 42 people and wounding 72, officials said. The worshippers were gathered at a sacred historical site about a kilometre (half a mile) from the Imam Hussein shrine, one of the holiest sites for Shiites. Karim Khazim, the city's chief health official, said the 39 dead included seven Iranians. Police said the attacker was a woman but provided no other immediate details. A man who claimed to have witnessed the explosion said; ""While I was walking in the camp (camp related to the shrine yard) a woman wearing an explosive belt blew up here. Immediately I ran to the site, evacuated dead people on pick-up trucks, and now I am collecting evidence. I found teeth in the remains, and I found TNT and wires." Karbala is located about 80 kilometres (48 miles) south of Baghdad. The area around the twin golden dome mosques was closed by police and all road leading to the sites were blocked. The area includes tombs of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, and his half-brother, also a Shiite saint. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...