BAGHDAD,
IRAQ: A car bomb exploded in an outdoor market on Friday in eastern Baghdad,
killing at least eight people and wounding 31, police
said.
The explosion occurred at
10 am in the Nahda area, police Lt Ahmed Mohammed said, a time when the market,
where old furniture, household goods and appliances are sold, would have been
especially busy during the start of the Islamic
weekend.
Sgt Sabah Muhsin, a
hospital security official, said eight people were killed and 31 had been
brought to the hospital with injuries.