The toll in a twin suicide bombing in an open -air Baghdad market on Thursday morning topped 20 dead and 40 wounded , an interior ministry official told AFP.
The ministry said the first suicide bomber had rushed into the market and claimed to feel sick so that people would gather around him . He then detonated his explosives.
As people gathered around the victims, a second attacker detonated his bomb , the ministry ’ s statement said .
Details later …
AFP
