In a statement to SANA, the ministry said that the first bombing occurred at 7: 50 a.m. in Saadallah al-Jabri Square, where two suicide bombers detonated two booby-trapped cars using an estimated 1,000 kg of explosives.

“The second explosion happened at 8: 17 a.m. outside the Governorate Building where a suicide bomber blew up a booby-trapped car loaded with 500 kg of explosive material, adding that to two mortar shells fell near the Municipal Palace,“ said the statement.