MIL/Hindu/AP, Jan 22, 2007. Author:
Baghdad, January 22, 2007- Two bombs exploded seconds apart in a predominantly Shiite commercial area in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 65 people and wounding at least 113, police said.
The first blast occurred shortly after noon when a bomb left in a bag placed among the stalls of vendors selling DVDs and secondhand clothes exploded in the Bab al-Sharqi area between Tayaran and Tahrir squares.
It was followed almost immediately by a parked car bomb just meters (yards) away as per AP.
Police and hospital officials said at least 65 people were killed and 113 wounded.
The explosions came hours after gunmen killed a female teacher as she was on her way to work at a girls' school in the mainly Sunni area of Khadra in western Baghdad, police said, adding that the teacher's driver was wounded in the drive-by shooting.
