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| Baghdad double suicide attack kills many | Baghdad double suicide attack kills many |
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| At least 35 people have been killed in a double suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, medical sources say, the second attack in three days. | At least 35 people have been killed in a double suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, medical sources say, the second attack in three days. |
| More than 90 were injured in the attack in Tayaran Square, in the city centre. | More than 90 were injured in the attack in Tayaran Square, in the city centre. |
| Baghdad has repeatedly been the target of bombings and armed attacks since the Islamic State (IS) group overran large areas of the country in 2014. | Baghdad has repeatedly been the target of bombings and armed attacks since the Islamic State (IS) group overran large areas of the country in 2014. |
| However, the pace of attacks has slowed since Iraq's government declared it had retaken all the territory last month. | However, the pace of attacks has slowed since Iraq's government declared it had retaken all the territory last month. |
| Monday's attack was carried out by two men wearing suicide vests packed with explosives, the interior ministry said. | Monday's attack was carried out by two men wearing suicide vests packed with explosives, the interior ministry said. |
| The site of the attack is a busy square where large crowds of construction workers gather to find work every morning. | The site of the attack is a busy square where large crowds of construction workers gather to find work every morning. |
| It has been targeted by militants in the past. | It has been targeted by militants in the past. |
| An AFP reporter said there were a large number of security personnel at the site. | An AFP reporter said there were a large number of security personnel at the site. |
| A suicide bomb attack on a checkpoint in the north of the city on Saturday killed at least five people, police said. | A suicide bomb attack on a checkpoint in the north of the city on Saturday killed at least five people, police said. |
| Worst recent militant attacks in Iraq | |
| July 2016: More than 300 civilians killed and hundreds injured in an IS suicide truck bomb attack in Baghdad's Shia district of Karrada - the deadliest attack by a single bomber in Iraq's history | |
| November 2016: Up to 125 people, many of them Shia pilgrims from Iran and Afghanistan, killed in a suicide car bombing by IS at a petrol station in Hilla, south of Baghdad | |
| July 2015: Truck bombing in marketplace at Khan Bani Saad, Diyala killed up to 120 - claimed by IS | |
| 11 May 2016: Multiple bombings in Baghdad targeted mainly Shia districts including Sadr City, killing 93 people. IS said it carried out two of the attacks | |
| 17 May 2016: Three bombings across Baghdad killed 77, including 41 in Shaab district and 30 in Sadr City |