- Title: Two blasts in central Baghdad kill at least 27 - police
- Date: 31st December 2016
- Summary: BLOOD ON THE GROUND
- Embargoed: 15th January 2017 07:45
- Keywords: Iraq Baghdad bombs market suicide bombing Islamic State
- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- City: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Bombing (non-military),Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0025F7QHXJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Two bombs exploded at a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday (December 31) killing at least 27 people and wounding more than 50 others, police said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but Islamic State regularly targets civilians in the Iraqi capital.
Police said the blasts went off near car spare parts shops in Sinak during the morning rush.
One of them was triggered by a suicide bomber, the other was a planted explosive, an Interior Ministry official told Reuters.
Islamic State has lost much of the northern and western territory it seized in 2014 and is now resisting an Iraqi offensive on the northern city of Mosul, their last major stronghold in the country. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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