Explosion results in casualties in Baghdad

One person was killed and 12 injured, according to a preliminary investigation.

A powerful explosion rocked a market in east Baghdad on Thursday, killing one person and injuring 12 others, according to Iraq’s military.

A military statement said one person was killed and 12 injured, according to a preliminary investigation. Five vehicles were burned, it added, without saying what caused the blast. The police official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give press statements.

In the morning, there was an explosion in the south of the capital city during the transit of a convoy carrying international forces.