BAGHDAD (Web Desk) — More than three dozen people were killed in a series of bomb blasts that jolted the Iraqi capital hours before the end of curfew.
The deadliest attack happened in the New Baghdad section of the city. Police officials said a suicide bomber targeted a street filled with hardware stores, killing 22 people and wounding at least 45.
The second attack took place shortly afterward in central Baghdad’s popular Shorja market. Police said two devices detonated about 80 apart each other, killing at least 11 people and wounding 26.
Also, at the Abu Cheer market of southwestern Baghdad, at least four people were killed and 15 wounded when a bomb detonated outside an outdoor food market.
There has been no claim for any of the attacks thus far.
