Authorities in Iraq
say two bombings targeting busy markets have killed nine people around the
capital, Baghdad.
Police say the first attack took place Saturday morning when a bomb exploded
in a vegetable wholesale market in a village near the town of Iskandariyah,
killing four people and wounding 14.
Iskandariyah is 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Baghdad.
Later that morning, police say a bomb exploded at another market, killing
five people and wounding 14 in the Shiite village of Sabaa al-Bour, about 30
kilometers (20 miles) north of Baghdad.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Hospital officials confirmed the casualty toll from both attacks. All
officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to
release details to journalists.
