Iraq suicide bomb kills 31 | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

A suicide bomber set off an explosives-packed car outside a Baghdad hospital on Friday, killing 31 people in the capital's deadliest day in a month, amid a political crisis that has stoked tensions.

Residents prepare to transport the coffin of a victim of a bomb attack after a suicide bomber set off an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in the predominately Shiite neighborhoud of Zafraniyah in east Baghdad on Friday. A suicide bomber set off the bomb outside a hospital, killing 31 people in the capital's deadliest day in a month, amid a political crisis that has stoked tensions.

The attack in a predominantly Shiite neighbourhood, which also left 60 people wounded, came days after Al-Qaeda warned it would continue targeting Shiite Muslims and barely a month after US troops completed their withdrawal.