Baghdad On July 19, a man lit a candle in a market in the eastern suburbs of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. An official from the Iraqi Ministry of Interior said on the 19th that an explosion occurred in a market in the eastern suburbs of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, that day, killing at least 19 people and injuring 54 others.

An official of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, who asked not to be named, said in an interview that an explosion occurred in a crowded market in Sadr City on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad that evening, causing a large number of casualties, including women and children. Shops and stalls near the incident site were severely damaged.

According to reports, Iraqi Prime Minister Khadimi has ordered the detention of the head of the federal police responsible for the security of the incident area and ordered an investigation into the explosion. At present, no organization or individual has claimed to have caused this explosion. Editor/He Yuting