Twin bomb blasts kill at least 35 people in northern Baghdad

Twin bomb blasts kill at least 35 people in northern Baghdad

2011-07-05 19:35:24 GMT+7 (ICT)

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- At least 35 people were killed on late Tuesday morning when two bomb blasts targeted a government building in northern Baghdad, Iraqi officials said.

The attack happened at around noon local time near the Municipal Council in the Taji area of northern Baghdad when a car bomb detonated. The large explosion was followed by another when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded nearby in a garage.

Security sources told the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that at least 35 people were killed, most of them civilians, while around 30 others were injured. Some of the casualties were police officers, NINA reported, but it was not known if they were among the fatalities or injuries, or both.

Iraq has been hit by a series of deadly attacks in recent months. Less than two weeks ago, at least 21 people were killed and 107 others were wounded when three booby-trapped bombs exploded in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on June 23.

That attack occurred just two days after at least 22 people were killed during two bomb explosions that targeted a local governor in the city of Al Diwaniya, which is the capital of Iraq's Al-QÄdisiyyah Governorate in the country's south-central region, located about 180 kilometers (112 miles) south of Baghdad.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-07-05