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| Baghdad suicide bombers kill dozens in attack on labourers | Baghdad suicide bombers kill dozens in attack on labourers |
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| Two suicide bombers have killed at least 35 people and injured 90 in an attack on a Baghdad square where day labourers gather to look for work. | Two suicide bombers have killed at least 35 people and injured 90 in an attack on a Baghdad square where day labourers gather to look for work. |
| They set off their devices at intervals, sending people scattering across Tayaran Square in the centre of the Iraqi capital. | They set off their devices at intervals, sending people scattering across Tayaran Square in the centre of the Iraqi capital. |
| Scores of labourers are said to be among the dead and injured. | Scores of labourers are said to be among the dead and injured. |
| Attacks on the city had become less frequent since the Islamic State group lost its Iraqi strongholds last year. | Attacks on the city had become less frequent since the Islamic State group lost its Iraqi strongholds last year. |
| The government declared it had retaken all territory overrun by the Sunni Muslim militants since 2014. | The government declared it had retaken all territory overrun by the Sunni Muslim militants since 2014. |
| How were the attacks mounted? | How were the attacks mounted? |
| Two men set off suicide bomb belts, the first one detonating his device at around 10:00 (07:00 GMT). | |
| CCTV videos circulated on social media show the moment of the first blast and people fleeing through stalls or carrying at least one person who seems to be injured. | CCTV videos circulated on social media show the moment of the first blast and people fleeing through stalls or carrying at least one person who seems to be injured. |
| An eyewitness, Husain Abdallah, told AFP news agency the bomber had just got off a bus. | An eyewitness, Husain Abdallah, told AFP news agency the bomber had just got off a bus. |
| After the blast Mr Abdallah and others began running and were still trying to escape when the second bomb went off. | After the blast Mr Abdallah and others began running and were still trying to escape when the second bomb went off. |
| Another video, recorded on a mobile phone, captured the moment of that attack and the crowd panic that followed, with what appeared to be shots being fired. | Another video, recorded on a mobile phone, captured the moment of that attack and the crowd panic that followed, with what appeared to be shots being fired. |
| The attacks were designed to maximise casualties, as is often the case, with one bomb swiftly followed by another, BBC Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher says. | The attacks were designed to maximise casualties, as is often the case, with one bomb swiftly followed by another, BBC Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher says. |
| Large crowds of construction workers gather to find work every morning on Tayaran and it has been targeted by militants in the past. | Large crowds of construction workers gather to find work every morning on Tayaran and it has been targeted by militants in the past. |
| Another bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday, in the north-eastern district of Jamila, killed two civilians and injured six others, medical and security sources say. | Another bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday, in the north-eastern district of Jamila, killed two civilians and injured six others, medical and security sources say. |
| Who carried out the attacks? | Who carried out the attacks? |
| No group said it had carried out the bombing but such attacks are usually attributed to IS, which regards members of Iraq's majority Shia Muslim community as heretics. | No group said it had carried out the bombing but such attacks are usually attributed to IS, which regards members of Iraq's majority Shia Muslim community as heretics. |
| Success by Iraqi forces in defeating IS as a territorial threat is likely to have caused the decrease in attacks recently, as jihadist bomb factories west of Baghdad can no longer operate, our Arab affairs editor adds. | Success by Iraqi forces in defeating IS as a territorial threat is likely to have caused the decrease in attacks recently, as jihadist bomb factories west of Baghdad can no longer operate, our Arab affairs editor adds. |
| However, there are fears the militants will revert to the guerrilla tactics they have used for so long. | However, there are fears the militants will revert to the guerrilla tactics they have used for so long. |
| 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. |
| How bad have previous attacks been? | How bad have previous attacks been? |
| Attacks on the square since 2011 have killed 180 people, "often in the run-up to elections or just after the polls", Iraqi analyst Hisham al-Hashemi was quoted as saying by AFP. | Attacks on the square since 2011 have killed 180 people, "often in the run-up to elections or just after the polls", Iraqi analyst Hisham al-Hashemi was quoted as saying by AFP. |
| Their aim is to "create chaos and exacerbate sectarian divisions", he said. | Their aim is to "create chaos and exacerbate sectarian divisions", he said. |
| Other militant attacks in recent years have been even deadlier: | Other militant attacks in recent years have been even deadlier: |