At least 15 killed in two bomb attacks in Baghdad

Two bombs have exploded in the city of Baghdad
Two bombs have exploded in the city of Baghdad
 
 

Thursday, 06, Mar 2008 07:53

At least 15 people have been killed after two bombs exploded in a shopping area of central Baghdad.

Iraqi police have claimed at least 35 people were also left injured as a result of the blasts in the Karada district of the capital.

The two bombs went off within minutes of each other this evening. A roadside bomb was detonated first, before a bomb exploded in a nearby bin.

Associated Press quotes local police and hospital officials as claiming many of the victims as being teenagers or young adults, with at least four of them being women.

Witnesses also said that many shop fronts had been damaged and more than 12 ambulances had been rushed to the scene.

Recent Iraqi figures showed that the month of February saw an increase in the number of civilian fatalities.

It followed six consecutive months of falling death tolls, which had been credited to the US troop surge and a ceasefire called by the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.


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