At least 12 people were killed and 32 wounded by a roadside bomb that exploded among street vendors in central Baghdad today, police said.
Local men sitting around packs of cigarettes in a pool of blood after a bomb on a motorcycle exploded near street vendors in Baghdad today. Photo: Reuters/Hani Mizban/Pool
The police source said the bomb appeared to have been buried in rubbish in Amin Street in Shorja District and that most of the casualties were civilians.
Violence in Iraq's capital and other restive areas is claiming around 100 lives every day.
Today's attack followed a bomb blast next to a football pitch in Baghdad yesterday evening that killed 12 and wounded 13, most of whom were players and spectators