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Two bomb blasts in a crowded Baghdad market have killed at least eight people and wounded 21, Iraqi officials say.
Explosives-laden bags left among a pile of rubbish near a falafel stand at the market were detonated late on Sunday evening.
Police and hospital officials said five children were among those killed in the incident which also damaged several stores in the predominantly Shia area in the eastern part of the city.
Raad Nasir, 26, a cell phone store owner in the area on his way to the falafel stand when the blast occurred said he saw the horrible scene and rushed home.
The surge in violence follows the June 30 withdrawal of US forces from major towns and cities.
Mindful of the public's sense of insecurity, the Iraqi government on Sunday announced the indefinite postponement of a nationwide census after warnings that it could add to ethnic and political tensions.
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An Iraqi policeman secures the scene of a bomb attack which targeted a police patrol in Karrada neighborhood, central Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009.
Al-Jazeera
