(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) The death toll in the suicide attack that targeted al-Qahira neighborhood in northern Baghdad last night has risen to 28 killed and 36 wounded most of them women and children.
A suicide attacker wearing a vest of explosives carried out the explosion inside a busy cafe near a park popular with families in al-Qahira neighborhood, northeastern Baghdad. "There was a crowd of people, and the suicide bomber detonated himself right inside it.
Most of the people were killed or injured by ball bearings from the device," police officer Ahmed Jassim said. It was one of the worst attacks in Iraq since suicide bombers hit the same district two months ago, targeting a mosque and killing 29 worshippers during noon prayers.
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