At least three people were killed and 27 injured when a suicide bomber attacked a group of civilians in Baghdad on Tuesday, a police official told media.
The explosion took place in Tayaran Square, where workers have gathered. The site is 1 km away from a protest sit-in launched by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr near the Green Zone.
Al-Sadr demanded that technocrats replace Iraqi politicians and Shia militias be incorporated into the defense and interior ministries, Al Jazeera reported.