Eight killed, 19 wounded, in Iraq bombings

Explosions caused by a bomb left in a bag near labourers waiting for day's work in Baghdad and a suicide bomber in a restaurant in northern Iraq killed at least eight people today and wounded 19 more.

The Baghdad explosion happened shortly before 8am local time near Liberation Square in the Bab Sharqi area where a group of men were waiting near stands serving tea and falafel sandwiches, killing at least four workers and wounding 14 other people, including one policeman, said Lt. Ali Mutib.