Hilla, Iraq :A suicide truck bomb killed more than 80 people, most of them Iranian pilgrims, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said.
The pilgrims were en route back to Iran from the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala.
The gas station has a restaurant in its premises that is popular with travellers. Five pilgrim buses were torched by the force of the blast from the explosives-laden truck, a police official said.