A car bomb has killed at least 15 people and wounded 19 more at a funeral near the Iraqi city of Hilla.
The blast took place at about 17:30 (14:30 GMT) outside the Nabi Ayub Shia mosque in the town of al-Khafaji, security officials told AFP.
Hilla, about 100km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, is on a route for pilgrims visiting Shia holy sites in the south.
Violence in Iraq has declined since its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks have continued.
The explosion hit mourners who had gathered at a funeral of a local sheikh, witnesses said.
"I was standing on the other side of the funeral tent, and suddenly the place turned into hell, all my relatives were cut down and their bodies were burned," Haider Qahtan, 37, who was injured in the blast, told Reuters news agency.
Ambulances took three or four victims from the scene at a time, the news agency said.
Hilla, about 100km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, is on a route for pilgrims visiting Shia holy sites in the south.
Violence in Iraq has declined since its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks have continued.
The explosion hit mourners who had gathered at a funeral of a local sheikh, witnesses said.
"I was standing on the other side of the funeral tent, and suddenly the place turned into hell, all my relatives were cut down and their bodies were burned," Haider Qahtan, 37, who was injured in the blast, told Reuters news agency.
Ambulances took three or four victims from the scene at a time, the news agency said.
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