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Iraq Bomb strikes Shiite market in Baghdad, killing 61 Reuters Last updated: June 24, 2009, 23:56 Baghdad: A bomb killed at least 61 people on Wednesday at a market in eastern Baghdad's Sadr City slum, police said. About 135 people were wounded by the blast in the poor, mostly Shi'ite Muslim area. A witness said the explosion tore through a part of the Mraidi Market where birds are sold, setting stalls ablaze. Raad Latif, who owns a shop near the blast site, said the bomb appeared to have been on a trailer attached to a motorcycle. "The blast was very big and loud. After we heard it, we closed our shops and rushed to help the injured," Latif said. Initially the security forces kept residents back to allow ambulances and police vehicles into the area, he said. The office of the Baghdad security spokesman said 62 people had died and 150 were wounded in the explosion. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
