- At least 38 people died in the double suicide bombing in central Baghdad
- Attack, which injured 105, took place during Monday morning rush hour
- It is the second such attack in the Iraqi capital in three days, police say
A double suicide bombing in central Baghdad has killed at least 38 people, Iraqi officials said.
Some 105 people were injured in the terror attack, which took place during Monday morning rush hour in the city’s busy Tayran Square.
It is the second suicide bombing to take place in the Iraqi capital in just three days.
Terror attack: Iraqi security forces cordon off the area where a double suicide bombing killed at least 38 people and injured 105 in central Baghdad
‘Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Tayyaran Square in central Baghdad,’ said Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Saad Maan
Tayyaran Square is a bustling centre of commerce and a place where day labourers gather in the early morning waiting for jobs.
An AFP photographer at the site of the bombing said many ambulances had gathered and security forces had been deployed in large numbers.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but it bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group, which has claimed many such attacks in the past.
Horror: Monday morning’s terror attack is the second suicide bombing to take place in the Iraqi capital in just three days
Militant attacks have decreased significantly in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq since the country’s security forces retook nearly all territory once held by IS.
In December, the government announced the ‘end of the war’ against IS, which has been expelled from the Baghdad region and urban areas of Iraq that it controlled.
Jihadist elements are still active, however, north of Baghdad.