Suicide attack in Baghdad kills at least 27, wounds 64


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 27 people were killed and 64 wounded in a twin suicide bombing in central Baghdad on Monday, the deadliest attack so far this year in the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry official said.

Two men detonated explosives vests in Aviation Square, a commercial district and gathering point for day labourers seeking work, scores of whom were killed and injured, according to the official.

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