World / Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills 25 Pilgrims in Iraq At least 24 more injured at holy site in Samarra By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Feb 12, 2011 7:59 AM CST Copied In this Feb. 2, 2004 file photo, the famous al-Askari mosque before a bomb destroyed it in 2006. A suicide bomber killed at least 25 pilgrims at the site today. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File) Iraqi police say a suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims near a shrine north of Baghdad that has been a flashpoint in sectarian strife, killing at least 25 people. Authorities say the bomber blew himself up this afternoon 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. (More Iraq stories.) Report an error