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Baghdad explosion kills at least 28 in busy Sadr City market

The attack occurred in a crowded marketplace as residents were shopping for the holiday of Eid al-Adha.
Sadr City market explosion site

A bomb killed at least 28 people in Baghdad on Monday, hospital and police sources told Reuters, in what marked the latest explosion to target the Iraqi neighborhood of Sadr City this year. 

The attack occurred in a busy market in the mostly Shiite neighborhood as residents were shopping for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Iraq’s Interior Ministry said in a statement.

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