At least one person killed, 12 injured in powerful explosion in Iraq’s capital
At least one person was killed and 12 others injured after a powerful explosion rocked a market in Baghdad on Thursday.
The cause of the explosion in the city’s Sadr City area, in the Habibiya neighborhood, was not immediately known.
A military statement said that according to preliminary investigation one person was killed and 12 injured in the explosion. (ILKHA)
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