Attacks kill 8 Shia pilgrims in Iraq

Iraqi security agencies say deadly attacks, including a bombing, have killed at least eight Shia pilgrims in the country's Baghdad Province, Iran's news agency Press TV reports on Tuesday.

Four Shia pilgrims were killed today in a bomb explosion in the south of the province, the unnamed officials said.

In another attack, militants in a passing car threw a hand grenade at a group of pilgrims, killing at least four of them, the news agency cites Iraqi officials as saying.

Dozens more were also injured in the two attacks, the reports say.