BAGHDAD — A homicide bomber struck tribal leaders touring a market in a Sunni area west of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing as many as 33 people in the second major attack in the capital area in two days.
The bombing was part of a spike of violence that comes as the U.S. military begins drawing down its forces.
The bomber detonated an explosives belt as the tribal leaders were walking through the market in the town of Abu Ghraib, accompanied by security officials and journalists, according to the Iraqi military.
Two Iraqi television journalists were among those killed in the attack and one was wounded, according to their stations.
On Sunday, a homicide attacker killed about 30 people near a police academy in east Baghdad.
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