Eight dead, 50 injured, in Baghdad bomb attack

A car bomb exploded at an entrance to the Green Zone, a heavily fortified area on the west bank of the Tigris River that is home to the US Embassy and Iraqi government buildings, causing an unspecified number of casualties, a military spokesman said.

Eight people are reported killed and 50 wounded in a car bomb attack today at an entrance to Baghdad’s Green Zone, a heavily fortified area on the west bank of the Tigris River that is home to the US Embassy and Iraqi government buildings.

Less than an hour later, a second blast ripped through Baghdad’s central Saadoun Street. It was not immediately clear what was targeted.