Region | Iraq
Dozens dead in bombings
Labourers waiting for work are among 38 others killed and scores wounded in bomb explosions in two busy areas in Baghdad, say police.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:00 May 29, 2007
- Image Credit: Reuters
- A US soldier stands guard at the site of a bomb attack near a Sunni mosque in Baghdad on Monday.
Baghdad: At least 38 people were killed and 68 others wounded in two bomb explosions in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
At least 23 people were killed and 68 others wounded in a bomb explosion in a parked bus in central Baghdad, police said.
A second car bombing in the western part of the capital killed 15 others.
The central Baghdad blast was near a major intersection in Tayaran Square, a busy commercial area usually filled with markets.
Many day labourers, mostly poor Shiites, also often wait in the area for work.
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