Bombs in Baghdad Markets Kill at Least 23
Almost 6,000 people have been killed so far this year in Iraq
(Reuters) - Bombs left inside busy markets in mainly Sunni Muslim districts of Baghdad killed at least 23 people on Thursday, police said.
The deadliest attack took place in Saba'a al-Bour on the capital's northern outskirts, where three bombs killed at least 15 people.
In the Doura district of southern Baghdad, a bomb exploded in another market, killing at least eight people, police said.
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