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Deadly bomb attack at Iraq market | Deadly bomb attack at Iraq market |
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A car bomb in Baghdad has killed at least 12 people and injured more than 20, say local police. | A car bomb in Baghdad has killed at least 12 people and injured more than 20, say local police. |
The blast struck a market in Abu Dshir, a mainly Shia enclave in the predominantly Sunni district of Dora, in the south of the Iraqi capital. | The blast struck a market in Abu Dshir, a mainly Shia enclave in the predominantly Sunni district of Dora, in the south of the Iraqi capital. |
Several shops were reported to have been destroyed by the explosion and vehicles set on fire. | Several shops were reported to have been destroyed by the explosion and vehicles set on fire. |
Dora had been known as an insurgent stronghold but analysts say security had improved in recent months. | Dora had been known as an insurgent stronghold but analysts say security had improved in recent months. |
Local police said that women and children were among the dead and injured. | Local police said that women and children were among the dead and injured. |
Eyewitness Hussein Ali said the attacks was "a horrible catastrophe". | |
"I believed that my wife was dead when she fell on the ground. I thought shrapnel hit her body, but later on I thanked God that she was unconscious," he told the Associated Press. | |
Another witness said he believed the targeting of innocent people was a cowardly act and "against the will of God who created people". | |
Earlier on Friday, one person was killed and 12 wounded when a bomb exploded close to a minibus in the same area of Baghdad, said police. | |
Violence in Iraq has declined steadily in recent months and is currently at a four-year low, although attacks are still a regular occurrence. | Violence in Iraq has declined steadily in recent months and is currently at a four-year low, although attacks are still a regular occurrence. |
The latest attack comes a day after an MP from the bloc of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was killed by a roadside bomb. | |
Saleh al-Ogaili was the first MP to be killed in Iraq for 18 months. |