Bicycle bomb kills 2 at Baghdad market

A bicycle bomb went off at a market in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing two people and wounding eight others, a well-informed police source said.
  
The blast hit the commercial area of Hafiz al-Qazi at the al- Rasheed street in central Baghdad, causing damages to several nearby shops and buildings, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
  
The attack came a day after a series of deadly bomb attacks on Wednesday killed 97 people and wounded 585 others in Baghdad, including a twin truck bombing outside government buildings.
  
It also came as the Iraqi security forces are lifting concrete blast walls from Baghdad neighborhoods and main streets which helped to reduce violence during the past two years.
  
Despite dramatic drop of violence in recent months, deadly attacks against Iraqi security forces and civilians remain common in Baghdad.