Special report: Tension accelerates in Iraq

  

Iraqis stand at the scene of a bomb attack at a crowded market that killed 13 people and wounded 29 others in Baghdad June 8, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters photo)

   BAGHDAD, June 8 (Xinhua) -- An explosive charge went off in a popular market in southern Baghdad on Thursday, killing 13 people and wounding 28 others, an Interior Ministry source said.

    "An explosive charge detonated at about 11:30 a.m. (0730 GMT)in a busy market in Baghdad's al-Jadida neighborhood, killing 13 people and wounding 28 others," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

    In a separate incident, a roadside bomb went off near a police station in the same neighborhood, which killed two people and wounded eight others including four policemen, according to the source.

    The attacks came shortly after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced that the most wanted man in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a joint U.S. and Iraqi military raid. Enditem