By JADA LEMOS
Staff Writer
On Thursday, January 21, 2021, twin suicide bombs hit a busy market in central Baghdad, Iraq. According to officials and state media, the bombs killed at least 32 people and injured 110 others. The market security stated that they pursued the two attackers before they launched the bombs. It was the first suicide attack to hit Baghdad in nearly two years.
The first attacker entered the marketplace, pretending to be sick. He asked for help, which caused people to gather around him before the bomb went off. The second attacker drove to the scene on a motorbike before detonating his explosive vest.
With no evidence, ISIS claimed to be responsible for the attacks in a statement published on the official’s channels on Friday. These claims cannot be verified yet.