Baghdad bombing kills 1, injures 8; another suicide bomber shot dead before attack

 

 

BAGHDAD, Iraq – An explosion at a popular market in Baghdad killed one person and wounded eight on Sunday, while security forces foiled another attack by a suicide bomber who was shot dead before reaching an army checkpoint.

 

A bomb exploded at a market in Baghdad’s Mahmoudiya, security sources said.

 

South of Baghdad, a suicide bomber was killed before reaching an army checkpoint he was targeting.