(MENAFN) 26 people have been killed and 90 injured in a deadly twin suicide bombing in Baghdad, according to Dr Abdel Ghani al-Saadi, health chief for east Baghdad.

According to Saad Maan, spokesman for the Joint Operations Command "Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Tayyaran Square in central Baghdad,"

Tayyaran Square is an active center of commerce and a place where day laborers gather in the early morning waiting for jobs.

Tayyaran Square which is an active center of commerce is a place where day laborers gather in morning waiting for jobs.

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