Baghdad, December 20 (RHC)-- Three bomb attacks have killed more than 35 Shia pilgrims and injured scores of others in areas south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.  In the deadliest attack on Thursday, a bomber killed over 20 people and injured 40 others in Dura region.

At least eight people lost their lives and 32 others sustained injuries as another bomber blew up his explosives in Yusifiyah.  A third bomber killed at least eight and injured 18 others in Latifiyah.

No group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks on Shia Muslim pilgrims, but systematic bombings are a favorite tactic of al-Qaeda-linked groups that according to Iraqi officials seek to destabilize the country.