Baghdad police reported, that a suicide car bomber detonated explosives in a busy commercial districtin the central Baghdad, killing 26 people and wounding 54 others.

The attack took place in a book market along Mutanabi Street at 11:45 a.m.

Mutanabi Street, named after a legendary 10th-century poet, once attracted Baghdad's intellectuals, who gathered at the bookshops for a lively exchange of ideas.

Pieces of flesh and the remains of books were scattered everywhere.