Karbala Ready to Embrace Visitors, 15 Million by Saturday

Approximately 12 million visitors arrived in Karbala, with an additional 4-5 million expected during the coming two days to commemorate on Friday and Saturday the 40th day of mourning of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (pbuh, sources said.

Nsaif Jassim al-Khitabi told Aswat al-Iraq that the preliminary statistics reported that 11-12 million visitors entered the city during the last ten days, most of whom have completed their religious rituals and returned home.

He added that 3-4 million visitors are now on their way to the holy city of Karbala; the final figure is expected to reach 15 million in total.

It is expected that the peak of the visitors will be received this Saturday.

On this note, security sources in Karbala assured that they are utmost ready to avoid any security violations, and have made sure hundreds of medical clinics are ready to serve the visitors. 

Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org