Photo: APBaghdad: A double suicide bombing killed 26 people in Baghdad on Monday, officials said, the second such attack in the Iraqi capital in three days. Dr Abdel Ghani al-Saadi, health chief for east Baghdad, reported “26 dead and 90 wounded”. “Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Tayyaran Square in central Baghdad,” said General Saad Maan, spokesman for the Joint Operations Command, which includes the army and the police. An AFP photographer at the site of the bombing said many ambulances had gathered and security forces had been deployed in large numbers. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but most such attacks in Iraq are the work of the Islamic State jihadist group.

Source: Mint January 15, 2018 06:22 UTC