Karbala stampede
Thirty-one pilgrims are killed and 100 others are injured in a stampede in the city of Karbala, Iraq, while marking Ashura.

Sources: Gulf News
Sources: Gulf News
A bomb explodes onboard a minibus at a security checkpoint near Karbala, Iraq, killing 12 civilians.
Four consecutive bombings kill at least 10 people and injure 70 others in the Iraqi city of Karbala.
Two car bombs explode near the southern Iraqi city of Karbala, killing at least twenty people.