Bombs in Iraq kill at least 104 in Shia areas
Multiple suicide bombers struck predominantly Shia markets Thursday in Baghdad and north of the capital, killing at least 104 people and wounding dozens more.
Two of the suicide bombers struck a market in the Shaab neighbourhood of northeastern Baghdad at 6 p.m. local time, killing at least 61 people and wounding 40, Iraqi police and security officials said.
At about the same time, three suicide car bombers attacked a market in the town of Khalis north of Baghdad, killing at least 43 people and wounding 86, according to police and officials in the predominantly Shia town.
The first attacker in Khalis drove his explosives-laden car into the crowded area, followed in five-minute intervals by the other two bombers, who apparently were aiming at rescue crews and onlookers gathering in the aftermath, police said.
Police said the bombers came from two separate directions.
Khalis is in volatile Diyala province, where fighting has been raging among Sunni insurgents, Shia militiamen and U.S. and Iraqi troops.
It has been struck by bombings several times in recent months, most recently on Jan. 22 when a bomb followed by a mortar attack struck a market, killing at least 12 people and wounding 29, police said.
The Shaab neighbourhood of Baghdad was one of the first targets of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers searching for Shia militants and weapons in a six-week-old security sweep aimed at stopping the sectarian violence.
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