Shafaq News- Basra

A vehicle struck a group of people walking toward Karbala for the Arbaeen pilgrimage on Thursday in the Basra district of al-Hartha, killing at least ten and injuring twelve, some of them in serious condition.

A security source told Shafaq News that the driver, who was drunk at the time, was passing along the main road through al-Hartha, northeast of Basra, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims were traveling on foot to Karbala, and hit a number of them at around 3:00 a.m.

The Basra local government declared a three-day period of mourning across the province for the victims, according to a Shafaq News correspondent.

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