Roadside bombing at Baghdad market kills at least 20 people – reports
A roadside bomb blast has ripped through a market in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, reportedly killing more than 20 people. The bombing is the third to hit the majority-Shia neighborhood in recent months. “A terror attack using a locally-made IED (improvised explosive device) in Woheilat Market in Sadr City, in east Baghdad, left several victims dead and others injured,” Iraq’s Interior Ministry said in a statement on Monday. Read more Double suicide bombing hits Baghdad, killing at least 32 and injuring around 110 others The blast happened the day before the Eid al-Adha holiday, when the market was especially busy. The human cost of the blast is still unclear. At least 28 people were killed and “dozens” wounded, according to Reuters’ police and hospital sources, while Al Jazeera reported at least 20 deaths and 35 injured, citing anonymous “security officials.” Reuters’ sources said that some of the wounded are expected to die, given the severity of ...