BAGHDAD, March 6 (Reuters) - The death toll from two bombs that exploded in quick succession in a shopping area in central Baghdad on Thursday has risen to 55 with 130 others wounded, Iraqi police said.

A roadside bomb exploded in a crowded shopping area in the Karrada district. Then after Iraqi security services and other people had gathered at the scene, a suicide bomber exploded a second device, police said.

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