(REUTERS) Baghdad – The first blast hit a group of day labourers gathering for jobs in the poor northeastern Sadr City area of the capital, leaving a chaotic scene of scattered shoes and food, and pools of blood. The bomb killed at least eight people and wounded 24, police and hospital sources said.
“We were all standing waiting to earn our living and all of a sudden it was like a black storm and I felt myself thrown on the ground,” said Ahmed Ali, a 40-year-old labourer whose face and hair were burned by the explosion.