By Prensa Latina
Baghdad : The Iraqi capital was shaken on Friday with two bomb attacks that killed 51 and wounded 92 persons, most of them seriously, said police.
According to preliminary reports, the first morning blast occurred at Al-Ghazl pet market in central Baghdad, taking the lives of 43 persons and wounding 78 others.
An official from the Ministry of Defense confirmed that the bomb was hidden in a box of birds, but the media holds that it was a suicide bomber.
A bomb hidden in a box of small birds also exploded at the Al-Ghazl market in late November, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens.
According to official figures, this Friday bombing attack is the deadliest to strike the Iraqi capital since more American troops began flooding into central Iraq last year.
The second attack occurred about 20 minutes later in another bird market in a predominantly Shiite area in south-eastern Baghdad. That blast killed 8 people and wounded 14, police said.