[Reuters] At least 60 people were killed and 200 injured in an explosion on Thursday at a market in Baghdad's Sadr City district.Police officer Muhsin al-Saedi said, "A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up inside Jamila market at around 6 a.m. Many people were killed and body parts were thrown on top of nearby buildings."
Smoke rose from charred debris. Rescuers pulling bodies from the rubble waded through sheet metal that had formed the roofs and walls of vendors' stands. Angry people gathered at the site of the blast, some crying the names of their missing relatives and others cursing the government.
"We hold the government responsible, fully responsible," witness Ahmed Ali Ahmed said, calling on the authorities to send army and Shi'ite militias to man checkpoints in the capital.