Iraq: Tayaran Square Explosions - Operation Update No: 2 (MDRIQ011) Format Description of the disaster On January 21, two explosions occurred in Tayaran Square in central Baghdad's Bab al-Shaqi neighborhood. At least 33 people have been killed and 100 have been injured in these attacks. According to an Iraqi interior ministry official, the first suicide bomber raced into the market and pretended to be unwell so that people would congregate around him. Then he detonated his explosives. A second attacker exploded his device as bystanders gathered around the victims, according to the ministry's statement. The dead and injured have been confirmed by Baghdad's Directorate of Terror Victims and Directorate of Health. Iraqi government emergency officials came on the scene to assist the victims.