At least 57 people — mostly Iranian Shi’ite pilgrims — were killed when a truck bomb exploded at a gas station in Iraq, authorities said.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement published online.
The blast happened Thursday on a highway between Babel and Al-Qadisiyyah, said Falah al Radhi, the head of the Babel security council.
Iraq’s Joint Operation Command said 57 people died. Al Radhi said at least 50 people were also wounded.
The parked truck exploded near several buses carrying Shi’ite pilgrims — mostly Iranians — Radhi said. The Iranian pilgrims were in Iraq to mark the commemoration of Imam Hussein’s death.