stabbed in the stomach eyewitnesses say the assailant shouted allahu akbar prior to attacking the women he was gunned down by soldiers on patrol at the station i.a.s. claimed the attack in a statement by its propaganda agency. hundreds of thousands of shiite muslim pilgrims gathered in the iraqi city of karbala on sunday to mark the ashore a religious festival the annual holy day commemorates the killing of prophet muhammad's grandson a mom hussein in the seventh century his death eventual may lead to a deep split between islam shiite and sunni branches. pope francis has urged europeans not to fear unity and put aside nationalists and other self interests and the italian city of bologna and he said the european union was born out of the ashes of war to guarantee peace the part of also pressed his campaign for europe to open its doors to migrants during a visit to