Triple blasts in Iraq capital, at least 8 dead - sources

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(Reuters) - Three bomb blasts rocked a busy market in Iraq's capital on Sunday, killing at least eight people and wounding 26 others, police and hospital sources said.

The blasts occurred in Shurja, an important commercial district in central Baghdad, on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.

"I can see fire and black smoke mounting and a large number of fire engines, ambulances and police patrols rushing to the market," a Reuters witness close to Shurja market said.

A source at al-Kindi hospital in Baghdad said the facility had received eight dead and 26 wounded from the attack.