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| Baghdad market hit by two bombs, killing at least 28 | |
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| Two bombs have exploded in a busy market area in central Baghdad, killing at least 28 people and wounding at least 54, Iraqi police and medical officials have said. | |
| The blasts ripped through shops in the Al-Sinek area early on Saturday, a police colonel said. The explosions went off near a car spare parts shops during the morning rush. | |
| Details remain unclear but one of them was triggered by a suicide bomber, the other was a planted explosive, an interior ministry official told Reuters. | |
| There was no immediate claim of responsibility for what was the deadliest attack to hit the capital since mid-October but the Islamic State jihadist group has claimed nearly all such bombings. | There was no immediate claim of responsibility for what was the deadliest attack to hit the capital since mid-October but the Islamic State jihadist group has claimed nearly all such bombings. |
| Baghdad has been on high alert since the start on 17 October of an offensive, Iraq’s largest military operation in years, to retake the northern jihadist stronghold of Mosul. | Baghdad has been on high alert since the start on 17 October of an offensive, Iraq’s largest military operation in years, to retake the northern jihadist stronghold of Mosul. |
| The area that was targeted on Saturday is packed with wholesale markets and usually teeming with daily labourers unloading vans and wheeling carts around. | The area that was targeted on Saturday is packed with wholesale markets and usually teeming with daily labourers unloading vans and wheeling carts around. |
| Agence France-Presse, Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report | |
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