07-11-2024 10:51 AM Jerusalem Timing

Twin Bombs Kill 10 on Baghdad Outskirts

Twin Bombs Kill 10 on Baghdad Outskirts

Two bomb blasts killed at least 10 people and wounded 30 others on the main street of a suburb of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, security sources said.

BlastTwo bomb blasts killed at least 10 people and wounded 30 others on the main street of a suburb of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, security sources said.

At least one of the explosions in the Jisr Diyala neighborhood on the southeastern edge of Baghdad was caused by a car bomb, an interior ministry source said.

Police said the blasts went off near a fire station and as a group of young men were leaving a nearby football ground.

Medical sources confirmed the death toll.

At least 32 people were killed in attacks in Baghdad on February 8 but the frequency of bombings in the capital has slowed this year following gains against ISIL terrorist group.