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Iraq attack: Twin suicide bombings in central Baghdad kill 32 BBC

Post by Mesob » 21 Jan 2021, 15:50

Iraq attack: Twin suicide bombings in central Baghdad kill 32
BBC Jan 21 2021

At least 32 people have been killed and 100 others injured in a twin suicide bombing in a busy commercial area in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, officials say.

The bombers blew themselves up among a crowd of shoppers at a second-hand clothes market in Tayaran Square.

The last deadly suicide attack in the city was in January 2018, when 35 people were killed in the same square.

No group has said it carried out the latest attack, but suspicion will fall on the jihadist group Islamic State.

The Iraqi government declared victory in its war against IS at the end of 2017.

However, sleeper cells continue to wage a low-level insurgency in the country, operating mainly in rural areas and targeting security forces.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55746676

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