At least 5 dead, 8 hurt in Baghdad suicide attack

At least five people have been killed and eight more wounded in a suicide bombing in Iraq’s capital on Thursday, an Iraqi security source told Anadolu Agency.

The bomber struck in Baghdad’s al-Tayaran Square, according to the Baghdad Operations Command, which said casualties were feared but did not give any figures.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

* Writing by Zehra Nur Duz