A suicide bomber has struck Shiite pilgrims near a shrine north of Baghdad that has been a flashpoint in sectarian strife, killing at least 25 people, Iraqi police said.
Authorities said the bomber blew himself up in a crowd of pilgrims just 200 yards outside the al-Askari mosque.
A 2006 bombing that destroyed the golden-domed mosque sparked years of retaliatory bloodshed between Sunnis and Shiites.
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