5 dead after landslide hits Shiite holy site in Iraq

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At least five people were killed after a landslide demolished a holy site for Shiite Muslims in the Iraqi city of Karbala, the health ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Rescue teams are continuing searching for people who were believed to be trapped under the rubble of an earthen mound adjacent to the shrine, said the Iraqi Civil Defense directorate in a statement.

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