Explosions rock�northeastern neighborhoods of Baghdad as�tens of thousands from across Iraq and abroad converge�on a�shrine to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of a Shia Imam.�

Police initially�said�at least two people were killed and 11 others wounded�after�mortar rounds or rockets hit three areas near the vast Shia�neighborhood of Sadr City on Friday.

But other officials said an explosion at a weapons depot had caused three rockets to spray across the neighborhood.

The blasts came as many faithful�descended on�the Kadhimiya�shrine in Baghdad to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Mohammad al-Jawad, the ninth Shia�Imam and a grandson of Prophet Mohammad.

By Press TV