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2nd LD: 24 killed in Baghdad twin suicide attacks

Xinhua, October 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Up to 24 people were killed and 61 others wounded on Saturday in two suicide car bomb attacks in northern the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, a police source said.

"The latest reports said that 24 people were killed and 61 others wounded by the two suicide car bomb attacks in Kadhmiyah district," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The attacks occurred at the crowded Adan Square near the entrance of the holy Shiite district of Kadhmiyah in northern Baghdad when one suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car, the source said.

Shortly after, another suicide bomber blew up his car bomb some 50 meters away from the site of the first blast, the source added.

Earlier, the source put the toll at 10 killed and 20 others wounded by the two blasts.

The huge blasts set several nearby civilian cars on fire while many others were damaged at the scene, according to the source.

Iraq has been witnessing some of the worst violence in years. According to a recent United Nations report, terrorism and violence has left at least 12,282 civilians dead and 23,126 others injured in 2014, making it the deadliest year since the flare-up of sectarian violence in 2006-2007. Endit