At least 23 people have been killed by two separate bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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A blast in a marketplace in the northern district of al-Shaab killed seven people and wounded 21, while a vehicle bomb in the southern neighborhood of al-Rasheed left six dead and another 21 wounded, the sources said.
A spokesman for Baghdad Operations Command said the attacks were coordinated to occur at the same time.
Dozens of people were killed Tuesday in the latest deadly bombings to target the Iraqi capital, according to media reports. The Sunni Islamic State considers Shiites to be heretics and has targeted them in its bombing campaign.
The bombings also wounded at least 50 people.
It’s the third deadly bombing to strike Shiite areas of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday. The attack was carried out with an explosives-laden auto that was parked near the market.
Meanwhile, a vehicle bomb in the southern Al-Rashid neighborhood killed six and wounded 21 people.
Iraqi firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a natural gas plant in Taji, 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 15, 2016. Speaking on condition of anonymity as he wasn’t authorized to speak to reporters, a police officer told The Associated Press that the explosion in the northeastern Shaab neighborhood also wounded up to 65 people.
A medical official confirmed the casualty figures. The top of one of the gas-processing units was blown off.
Younis says the plant was back to full capacity of producing 30,000 cooking gas cylinders a day.
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No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
