updated 1/3/2013 10:14:53 AM ET 2013-01-03T15:14:53

HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 20 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in the Iraqi town of Mussayab on Thursday, during the peak of a Shi'ite religious rite, police said.

Mussayab is located some 60 km (40 miles) south of the capital Baghdad.

(Reporting by Ali al-Rubaie; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

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