MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Kurdistan24 broadcaster, both explosions occurred in the shopping area of the central Sanak district. The second bomb went off when people started gathering to rescue the wounded in the first explosion.
Multiple causalities in a double IED blast that targeted a crowded market in central #Baghdad #Iraq moments ago. pic.twitter.com/eVAamEHUZ2
— Iraqi Day 🇮🇶 (@iraqi_day) December 31, 2016
One of the explosions was performed by a suicide bomber, while the second blast was caused by the put explosives, a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told the media.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
Video showing the scene of the attack in Sinak, central #Baghdad: Reports describe 2 suicide bombers pic.twitter.com/NUoObRvLMb
— Miriam Goldman Eps (@Miriam411) December 31, 2016
BREAKING: Huge blast in a market in the Al-Sinak area in central #Baghdad. More than a dozen casualties. pic.twitter.com/7jIZS4JreF
— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) December 31, 2016
On December 3, a car bomb killed six and wounded a dozen also in the central neighborhood of the capital.
#BREAKING — Two explosions hit #Baghdad's Sanak neighborhood causing multiple fatalities and injuries. #Iraq pic.twitter.com/gFTznnzfFQ
— Syria & Iraq News (@SyriaIraqNews) 31 декабря 2016 г.
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— جريدة الغد (@AlghadNews) December 31, 2016
عشرات القتلى والجرحى في اعتداء مزدوج بأحد أسواق #بغدادhttps://t.co/DtnEgmlRlT#الغد #العراق #Iraq #Baghdad pic.twitter.com/JnRmKM0Yeb
