Double bombing kills 28 people in Baghdad market

AT LEAST 28 people, including women and children, were killed and scores wounded in a double bombing in a Baghdad market yesterday, the deadliest attack to rock the Iraqi capital in months, security officials said.

The attackers first detonated a car bomb in the Sunni district of Adhamiyah, then minutes later a suicide bomber ran into the resulting melee and blew up, according to defence and interior ministry officials.

An interior ministry official said at least 68 people were wounded in the rush-hour attack, the deadliest to hit Baghdad since June 17 when 51 people were killed and 75 wounded in a car bombing in the Al-Hurriya district.