14 die in Baghdad market bomb

A CAR bomb left at least 14 people dead in Baghdad yesterday, while US troops chasing extremists in one of their last remaining bastions in central Iraq said they killed five al-Qaida gunmen.

At least one woman and a child were killed in the blast, a police officer said.

The popular market in Tayaran Square — a predominantly Shi’ite area that has been targeted by insurgents in the past — was full of shoppers heading home from Friday prayers.