Twin bombing targets marketplace in Iraq’s east
A twin car bombing targeting a busy Iraqi market place has killed at least 21 people in a town northeast of Baghdad, police sources told Al Jazeera. Police officials said the attack took place on Saturday morning when the first bomb exploded near the market in the majority Shia town of Baladrouz, in the eastern Diyala […]A twin car bombing targeting a busy Iraqi market place has killed at least 21 people in a town northeast of Baghdad, police sources told Al Jazeera. Police officials said the attack took place on Saturday morning when the first bomb exploded near the market in the majority Shia town of Baladrouz, in the eastern Diyala province. Minutes later, a second car bomb went off on the people who gathered to inspect the site of the first blast. At least 44 people were injured in the attacks according to medical sources.
Baladrouz is about 70km northeast of Baghdad. Hospital officials reported a lower death toll of at least nine and said at least 30 were wounded. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to the media.
