from The BBC

Two bomb attacks have killed at least 50 people and injured 135 in Baghdad as crowds celebrated a famous victory by the national football team.

The first strike killed 30 people in the Mansour district, where fans were marking Iraq’s win against South Korea in the Asian Cup semi-finals.

Twenty died in the next blast, at an army checkpoint in east Baghdad.

Thousands had gathered on the streets of Baghdad, dancing and chanting in a rare moment of national unity.

Police say at least 130 people were wounded in the two attacks, which deliberately targeted celebrating football fans.

Some 75 of those were hurt in Mansour, where a car exploded in the midst of an excited crows, and almost 60 injured by the attack on the checkpoint.

“I was in a car with my friends, people all around were celebrating and then there was a huge explosion and a lot of fire,” one anonymous eyewitness to the first bomb attack told the AFP news agency.

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