Region | Iraq
Deadly bomb blast rocks busy Baghdad market
Police said that a bicycle-laden with explosives killed two civilians and wounded 19 others at a busy market north of Baghdad on Tuesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:28 September 16, 2008
Baghdad: Police said that a bicycle-laden with explosives killed two civilians and wounded 19 others at a busy market north of Baghdad on Tuesday.
Some of the wounded are badly hurt.
A police officer said the bicycle was left near an Iraqi military truck parked at the main market in Taji town, north of Baghdad.
The officer said that soldiers who had arrived in the truck were patrolling the market on foot when the blast went off. The truck was badly damaged by the blast.
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