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Suicide attack in Baghdad kills at least 17 people - UPDATED

Suicide attack in Baghdad kills at least 17 people - <span style="color: red;">UPDATED

27 November 2017 23:02 (UTC +04:00)

At least 17 people were killed and 28 others injured in a suicide bombing in Baghdad, on Monday, the National Iraqi News Agency reported citing a security source, APA reports quoting sputniknews.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry earlier reported that two suicide bombers on Monday carried out an attack in the Al-Nahrawan area located in the southeast of the Iraqi capital.

Iraqi government is still trying to eliminate terrorist threat in the country and to normalize the situation. On July 10, the Iraqi government announced that the Daesh terror group was defeated in Mosul, one of Iraq's largest cities that terrorists claimed in 2014. The Iraqi forces began operation to liberate it in the fall of 2016.

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At least 11 people were killed in a suicide attack in Iraq's capital, Baghdad on Monday, according to a security source, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions over speaking to the media, said two suicide bombers targeted a public market in Nahrawan area, southeast of Baghdad.

The attack left 27 others wounded, the source said, adding all were taken to hospital.