At least 28 people were killed, but with more than 70 wounded, officials said the toll could rise.

Suicide bombings have become rare in the Iraqi capital since Islamic state was defeated in 2017.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Iraqi authorities called it a terrorist incident on the head of Iraq's civil defense said Islamic state could have bean behind it on Iraq's military said two Attackers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up among shoppers at a crowded market entire and square in central Baghdad.

This street vendor saw one of them way were there by the stands.

He came, fell to the ground, started complaining.

My stomach is hurting and he pressed the detonator in his hand.

It exploded immediately.

People were tor into pieces.

Ah, lot of people died.

The last deadly suicide blast to strike the city was also a Tyronne square.

In January 2018, 27 people were killed.

Islamic state militants remain in Iraq, waging an insurgency against Iraqi forces and attacking local officials in parts of the north.

Government and military officials believe Islamic state is no longer capable of taking over significant territory but expected to continue to wage attacks that threaten Iraq's stability on security.