A twin suicide bombing has killed at the very least 23 folks and wounded dozens extra in a Baghdad market within the first such assault in years, safety and medical sources say.
There was no fast declare of duty for the assault.
Suicide bombings have been uncommon within the Iraqi capital because the defeat of Islamic State in 2017, with the newest happening in January 2018.
The Iraqi army stated two attackers carrying explosive vests blew themselves up amongst customers at a crowded market in Tayaran Sq. in central Baghdad.
An inside ministry spokesman instructed Reuters the demise toll was at the very least 23, with that quantity anticipated to rise as a few of these wounded have been in a crucial situation.
Baghdad has witnessed nearly no such assaults since Iraqi forces and a US-backed coalition drove the Islamic State militant group from territory it managed in Iraq in 2017.
The final lethal suicide blast within the Iraqi capital came about three years in the past, additionally at Tayaran Sq., killing at the very least 27 folks.
With Reuters.