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Police, Market Attacked In Bagdhad

June 22 2012

Iraq

At least 13 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a pair of Friday bombings in a market in Baghdad, Reuters reports.

The first explosion took place in Husseiniya, a market in a mainly Shi'ite area where people were shopping for groceries and other goods, sources said.

The second blast occurred when the casualties were being treated from the initial attack.

In a separate incident, gunmen with silenced weapons killed three officers at a police checkpoint in...

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