A suicide car bomber detonated inside a busy commercial district
Monday, killing at least 28 people and injuring over 60, media
reports said.
Earlier, an anonymous Interior Ministry source revealed to
Xinhua that 18 people were killed and some 62 others wounded in the
blast.
A booby-trapped car went off around midday in Baghdad's most
attractive market place, the Mutanabi book market, where dozens of
book stores and salesmen show off their literary wares.
Witnesses on the scene said that human remains and remnants of
books were scattered in the street following the explosion as
columns of smoke rose above the area.
Of late, insurgents have targeted Iraqi security forces trying
to halt the all-out offensive ongoing in Baghdad and other cities
aimed at curbing rising violence in the war-torn country.
(Xinhua News Agency March 6, 2007)
