A car bomb went off Wednesday in a Shi’ite district of Baghdad killing at least 75 people and wounding 162 in one of the most deadly single attacks to date in Iraq, a security official said giving figures obtained from five hospitals.
The car was driven by a suicide bomber who drove at speed into a group of construction workers waiting on Uruba square, in the Kazimiyah district, to be hired for daily work.
The attack, which took place at around 7am local time, occurred exactly one year to the day after another car bomb ripped through a busy market in Baghdad as Iraqis were gathering there to seek work as daily labourers. – AFP