Candles lit to commemorate Baghdad twin suicide bombing victims

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Thirty-two people were killed and 110 others injured in a double suicide bombing that ripped through a busy market in central Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) later claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Iraqi military said two attackers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up among shoppers in Tayaran Square in central Baghdad.

People in Kirkuk light candles around the flag of Iraq to commemorate the Baghdad twin suicide bombing. January 22, 2021. /CFP

A young boy holds up a flag of Iraq in a crowd expressing condolences to the victims of the suicide attack on Thursday. January 22, 2021. /CFP

People console Louai Al-Nuaimi (C), father of two Iraqi youngsters, Omar and Ali, killed in Baghdad's twin suicide attacks during a condolences ceremony. January 22, 2021. /CFP

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