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| Baghdad market struck by bombing | Baghdad market struck by bombing |
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| A bomb attached to a small lorry has exploded at the entrance to a wholesale vegetable market in Baghdad, killing two, Iraqi police say. | |
| About 20 others were injured in the bombing in the Dora area of the Iraqi capital. | About 20 others were injured in the bombing in the Dora area of the Iraqi capital. |
| The latest attack follows two vast bombings on Wednesday which killed 95 people - the worst violence in Iraq for several months. | The latest attack follows two vast bombings on Wednesday which killed 95 people - the worst violence in Iraq for several months. |
| Security measures in the city have been tightened in the wake of the attacks. | Security measures in the city have been tightened in the wake of the attacks. |
| The government had said it was increasing security at checkpoints near government buildings and setting up concrete blast barriers around potential targets. | |
| But, according to an official quoted by the Associated Press, the truck passed through an Iraqi police checkpoint but was not searched before it exploded in the early hours of Friday morning. | |
| The fruit and vegetable market in the southern district of the city is a regular target for bombers. In July, 18 people died during an attack there. | |
| On Thursday, the Iraqi authorities detained 11 security officers on suspicion of negligence following the truck bombs that struck the foreign and finance ministries on Wednesday. | |
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