English By Edward Yeranian Share on Facebook Print this page CAIRO - Iraqi authorities say two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a used clothing market in Baghdad s Air Force Square, killing at least 35 people and wounding over 100.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the bombings, the first major such incidents in the Iraqi capital in the past 18 months.
After a suicide-bomber blew himself up at the market in Baghdad Thursday, a second bomber blew himself up as a crowd of bystanders gathered, causing further casualties.
Baghdad Security Operations Chief Gen. Tahseen al-Khafajy told state TV that the second bomber deliberately tried to draw a large crowd to the scene of the first explosion to cause a maximum number of casualties.