Twin blasts in Iraqi capital kill 26, injure 90

Baghdad, Jan 15: Some 26 people were killed and at least 90 wounded in two suicide bombings at the Iraqi capital's Tayaran Square on Monday.

“The double suicide bombing in central Baghdad has killed at least 26 and injured 90 others people,”
a health ministry spokesman told the official INA news agency.
Tayaran is a major intersection in eastern Baghdad between Sadr city and al-Jumariyah bridge over the Euphrates. The area around the square is usually crowded by labourers seeking work.
No group had claimed the responsibility. UNI