Suicide bomb attack kills 7 in Baghdad market: Sources

BAGHDAD (REUTERS) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded marketplace in eastern Baghdad on Sunday (Jan 8), killing at least seven people and wounding over a dozen others, police and medical sources said.

The attack in the mainly Shi'ite district of Baladiyat was the second bomb attack to hit the Iraqi capital on Sunday. A suicide car bomb claimed by Islamic State (ISIS) at another market killed 13 people earlier in the day.

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