The death toll in a suicide bombing on a bus carrying Shia pilgrims has risen to 36, according to Iraqi officials.
The blast went off on Saturday as pilgrims were returning from a religious ceremony.
Police and hospital officials said 64 people were wounded in the attack in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad
The bomber blew himself up on a bus carrying pilgrims back from the al-Askari mosque which has been a flashpoint for bloodshed in the past.
A 2006 bombing by Sunni insurgents destroyed its golden dome and sparked retaliatory bloodshed between Sunnis and Shias.
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