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2nd LD: Twin bomb attacks kill 9, injure 21 in Iraq's Baghdad

Xinhua, February 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

Up to nine people were killed and 21 others wounded on Sunday in back-to-back explosions in the east of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

The attacks started in the afternoon when a booby-trapped motorcycle went off at the crowded Mreidy Market in the predominantly Shiite district of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Minutes later, a suicide bomber blew up his explosive vest at the scene, the source said.

The powerful blasts destroyed several nearby shops and many stalls and set fire to several civilian cars, the source added.

The attackers apparently followed the old tactic of first creating an initial explosion to attract security forces and people, and then setting off another blast to inflict heavier casualties.

Iraq is currently witnessing a wave of violence since the IS terrorist group took control of parts of Iraq's northern and western regions in June 2014.

Earlier, a UN report estimated more than 22,300 people were killed or injured in armed conflicts in Iraq in 2015. Endit