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Dozens killed in Baghdad bombings | |
(30 minutes later) | |
At least 45 people have been killed in three bomb attacks in market areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. | |
Two bombs went off in quick succession at the Shorja market, killing more than 30 people. | |
Half an hour earlier a parcel bomb exploded at the Bab al-Sharqi market, killing about 10 people. | |
The blasts came either side of a 15-minute pause to mark the first anniversary of a bomb attack on an important Shia shrine in Samarra. | |
The Samarra attack triggered an upsurge in sectarian violence which still grips the country costing thousands of lives a month. | |
Shorja market was once Baghdad's main shopping area, but amid the violent division of Iraq's religious communities it is now mostly a Shia Muslim area, and a target for Sunni extremist groups. | |
One report said two cars packed with explosives were detonated in quick succession, collapsing a building and setting shops on fire. | |
Iraqis had been urged to stop what they were doing for a quarter of an hour at midday (0900 GMT) on Monday to mark the attack on Samarra. | |
Bab al-Sharqi is a rare phenomenon in Baghdad, correspondents say, in that it is still frequented by Sunni and Shia traders and customers. |