String of Baghdad bombings kills 21

A string of bomb explosions, including two suicide attacks, killed at least 21 people and wounded 62 in neighborhoods of Baghdad, Iraqi police and medical sources said.

July 13, 2015

Sahoub Baghdadi

 


 


Baghdad — A string of bomb explosions, including two suicide attacks, killed at least 21 people and wounded 62 in neighborhoods of Baghdad, Iraqi police and medical sources said.



The northeastern area of Al-Shaab was rocked by two explosions, at least one of which was caused by an attacker who detonated his suicide vest, a police colonel and an interior ministry official said.



At least three of the 11 people killed in those blasts were members of the security forces, police said. The double explosion, which occurred near a market, left at least 23 people wounded.



A suicide attacker also blew up his car bomb on Adan square, in northwestern Baghdad, just before the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.



At least six people were killed and 20 wounded in the attack on the square, which was already targeted in February and has been frequently hit over the years.



In Al Bunuk area, a car bomb also went off near a popular restaurant, killing at least two people and leaving 11 wounded, the same sources said.



Two other people were killed and eight wounded when another explosives-laden vehicle blew up in the Iskan neighbourhood. — AFP


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