A rare twin suicide bombing on a bustling commercial street in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday killed at least 28 people and wounded more than 70, according to Iraqi officials, in an attack that ruptured months of relative calm.

The first suicide bomber had rushed into the market and claimed to feel sick, so that people would gather around him, according to an Iraqi interior ministry official. He then detonated his explosives.

As people gathered around the victims, a second attacker detonated his bomb, the ministry’s statement said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

Pray for #Baghdad , moment of the second suicide bombing targeting local shoppers and street sellers in a busy market this morning pic.twitter.com/cIyfsBZvvR

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An AFP reporter at the scene said the bombers had struck a huge open-air market for second-hand clothes in Tayaran Square.

It had been teeming with people following nearly a year of restrictions imposed in a bid to halt the spread of Covid-19.

source:https://gistongist.com/breaking-twin-suicide-bombing-rock-heart-of-baghdad/

they are at it again