18 killed in Baghdad mall attack - ISIS claims responsibiity

18 killed in Baghdad mall attack - ISIS claims responsibility #isis #baghdadmall #suicidebomber At least 18 persons were killed in an attack in a mall in Baghdad and the Islamic State (IS) militant group has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack which targeted a crowded mall. The group has admitted that four of its suicide bombers carried out the attack on a gathering of Shia crowds at al-Jawhara Mall in Baghdad.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 12 January 2016.

It seems three of the suicide bombers blew up themselves among the Shias while the fourth one detonated his explosive-laden car by charging it into a security force that had been ordered to secure the scene. However, the commander of Baghdad Operations Command's version is that the evening attack was carried out by two suicide bombers who stormed the mall building after a car bomb explosion at the entrance of the shopping center.
The suicide bombers had opened fire as they ran into the mall. The security guards shot one of them hen his suicide vest blew up and the second assailant was forced to detonate himself. Obviously, these attackers could not have taken civilians as hostages because they were killed within the vicinity of the mall entrance.
This is at a variance of what had been indicated by an interior ministry source who had said that the attackers entered the shopping center and held a number of civilians as hostages in which at least seven people were killed and another 20 were injured during the attack.

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