LONDON, Nov 29: A third Briton was confirmed dead on Tuesday following a gun attack on a bus packed with Shia pilgrims in Baghdad on Monday.

Yahya Gulamali, 60, a businessman from west London, died in hospital following the attack which killed two other Britons and left a further two people injured.

Iraqi police have said unknown gunmen opened fire on the bus, also injuring the driver, as the pilgrims were travelling on a road to the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw condemned the killings.

The pilgrims were reported to be of Indian origin, having travelled from India to Iraq via Tehran.

“The news that a third British citizen has died from his wounds from the attack in Iraq is terrible — terrible for his family and for his community — and it is something which all of us condemn unreservedly,” Straw said.

“They happened to be on the most peaceful of all activities and the most honourable of all activities, namely making a pilgrimage.

“The deaths of British citizens, of anybody in any circumstances, is awful but it is all the more poignant given why they were in Iraq.

“We are in touch with the families and we will give all the support that we can.”—AFP