IRAQ: 38 dead as twin blasts rock central Baghdad

Twin explosions in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad have killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 100, police and medical sources said.  Monday’s attacks were carried out by two suicide bombers, who detonated their belts in a crowd of workers at the Al Tayaran Square in central Baghdad, Iraq’s interior ministry spokesman Saad […]

Twin explosions in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad have killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 100, police and medical sources said. 

Monday’s attacks were carried out by two suicide bombers, who detonated their belts in a crowd of workers at the Al Tayaran Square in central Baghdad, Iraq’s interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan said.

The interior ministry put the death toll at at least 16 with 65 wounded. 

Medical sources say the death toll is expected to rise, with many critically injuried.

Al Tayaran is a major intersection in eastern Baghdad between Sadr city and al-Jumariyah bridge over the Euphrates River. All roads into the square have now been closed. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack as yet.