Bombing in Baghdad: Suicide attacker leaves 12 dead in Shiite neighbourhood
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks in Baghdad, but they bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group.
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Civilians and security forces gather at the scene of a deadly suicide car bombing at an outdoor market in a Shiite-dominated district in northeastern Baghdad. The bomb on Tuesday, killed 12 people and injured tens of others, officials said. The developments came on the heels of two large-scale attacks claimed by the Islamic State group that killed more than 300 people last week. AP
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In Tuesday’s Baghdad bombing, the explosives-laden pickup truck exploded during the morning rush hour at a vegetable and fruit market in the al-Rashidiya district, a police officer said. AP
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Elsewhere, a bomb went off at another outdoor market, this one in the town of Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Baghdad, killing three shoppers and wounding 10 people, police said. And two more civilians were killed and nine were wounded in a bombing that targeted a commercial area in the capital’s southern neighbourhood of Dora, police also said. AP
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No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but they bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group. The Sunni extremists, who consider Shiites heretics, swept across northern and western Iraq in the summer of 2014, capturing large chunks of territory and plunging the country into its worst crisis since US troops left at the end of 2011. AP
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The recent uptick in IS attacks beyond the front lines demonstrated the IS group’s ability to launch lethal attacks despite recent territorial losses in both Iraq and Syria, where it has established a self-proclaimed caliphate. IS militants still hold pockets of territory in northern and western Iraq. AP
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On Monday, visiting US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Washington will send 560 more troops to Iraq to help battle IS. According to Carter, who on Monday met with top Iraqi officials, the new American forces should arrive in the coming weeks. They will primarily be tasked with transforming an air base retaken this month from IS into a staging hub for the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul — Iraq’s second-largest city — from Islamic State militants. AP
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Last week, IS killed more than 300 people in two attacks. A massive truck bombing struck a bustling commercial area in a Baghdad’s predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of Karada, killing 292 people — one of the deadliest attacks since the 2003 US-led invasion. And last Thursday, an attack at a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad killed 37 people. AP
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