BAGHDAD — Twin suicide bombs rocked a busy market in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens, according to a security official.

Security forces say they pursued the two attackers before they blew themselves up. It was the first suicide attack to strike Baghdad in nearly two years.

It was a rare deadly attack in the Iraqi capital. The city has seen almost no such bombings since the military defeat of Daesh (the so-called IS) in Iraq in 2017.

The Green Zone area of the city has been closed following the attacks.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

The death toll could rise as some wounded people were in critical condition, according to police sources. — Agencies