Baghdad: At least seven people were killed and another 20 injured on Monday as two suicide bombers attacked a crowded shopping mall in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, officials said.

Major General Abdul Amir al-Shimary, commander of Baghdad Operations Command, said that the evening attack started when a booby-trapped car exploded at the entrance of al-Jawhara Mall in Baghdad's al-Jadida district, with the two suicide bombers storming the mall building following the blast, Xinhua reported.