Iraq: 2 explosions in Shiite area of Baghdad kill 9
Two explosions in a Shiite neighborhood of eastern Baghdad killed nine people on Thursday, Iraqi officials said. In the first and largest attack, police officials said a motorbike bomb went off near a bus stop where day laborers gather looking for work in the Sadr city neighborhood, killing eight people.
The explosion took place while some of the workers were having their breakfast sandwiches and tea and others where trying to board a minibus, officials said. Half an hour later, a roadside bomb exploded near a small tea shop in the same neighborhood, killing one. More than 30 people were reported wounded in the two explosions. (AP)
