Baghdad, March 1 (RHC)-- In Iraq, at least 42 people were killed when a motorcycle rigged with explosives blew up near a secondhand market in Sadr City, Baghdad. At least 51 people were injured.
In a separate attack in Sadr City, a bomb planted on a minibus killed five civilians and wounded 14. More than 1,650 people have been killed so far this year in Iraq, with 680 killed during the month of February.