Sunday, July 3, 2016

120 killed in ISIS suicide bombing in busy shopping district of Baghdad


At least 120 people have been killed and more than 170 injured in an ISIS suicide attack in a busy shopping area in central Karrada district of the Baghdad - this was the deadliest single attack in Baghdad this year. Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al Abadi has vowed "punishment" for the perpetrators and his office has announced three days of mourning for the victims.
ISIS has claimed responsibility in an online statement and have indicated that they had deliberately targeted Shia Muslims but, this statement has yet to be verified.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 4 July 2016.
The suicide bomber arrived in he area in an explosives-laden truck around midnight as families and young people were out on the streets after breaking their Ramadan fast. Fifteen children were victims of the attack and, most of them were inside a multi-storey shopping and amusement center.
In a second bombing in eastern Baghdad in a predominantly Shia area, another five people were killed and 16 wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the second attack, but it had the hallmarks of IS militants. These Baghdad bombings have come after Iraqi forces retook Fallujah, around 40 miles west of Baghdad, from IS and it is thought to be a breakthrough in an offensive against the extremists. In the beginning when ISIS came to power two years ago, they controlled nearly a third of the country. Today it is estimated to control only 14% of Iraqi territory - this is as per Iraq's PM.


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