Bomb attack in Baghdad kills 24 - police, hospital
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:08 GMT
A woman walks at the site of a bomb attack that occurred in Sadr city in northeastern Baghdad January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem
BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (Reuters) - At least 24 people were killed when a bomb exploded near a Baghdad marketplace on Friday in the latest attack on a mainly Shi'ite neighbourhood since a political crisis erupted in December, police and hospital sources said.
Iraqi authorities blame Sunni Islamist insurgents for attacks targetting Shi'ites in an attempt to stir up the kind of sectarian tensions that pushed Iraq to the edge of civil war in 2006-2007 when violence killed thousands. (Reporting Kareem Raheem; writing by Patrick Markey)
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