Two bombs exploded in a busy market area
in central Baghdad on Saturday, killing at
least 18 people and wounding dozens, Iraqi
police said.
The blasts ripped through shops in the Al-Sinek
area, a police colonel said, adding that at least
38 people were wounded.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility
for what was the deadliest attack to hit the
capital since mid-October but the Islamic State
jihadist group has claimed nearly all such
bombings.
Baghdad has been on high alert since the start
on October 17 of an offensive, Iraq's largest
military operation in years, to retake the northern
jihadist stronghold of Mosul.
The area that was targeted on Saturday is
packed with wholesale markets and usually
teeming with daily labourers unloading vans and
wheeling carts around.
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