Officials said another explosion in the Shaab area of northern Baghdad killed at least one person and wounded four on Sunday, but the cause of the blast was disputed.
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The bombing left 60 people dead and at least 100 others injured, according to a medical source speaking on condition of anonymity due to fears for his safety.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed to punish the terrorists behind the attacks.
The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in an online statement, though NPR was not able to independently verify the claim.
In the second bombing in eastern Baghdad, an improvised explosive device went off killing 5 people and wounding 16.
The jihadist group said the bombing targeted members of Iraq’s Shiite Muslim majority, whom it considers heretics and frequently attacks in Baghdad and elsewhere.
The vehicle bomb, the most deadly of the two blasts, targeted a popular market after dusk during Ramadan, when more people were likely to be out and shopping.
Just a day after terrorists attacked a café in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Istanbul’s airport on June 28, Islamic State (ISIL) has claimed to be behind another deadly attack in central Baghdad, Iraq, the Associated Press (AP) reports.
But the group has struck back against Iraqi civilians after suffering military setbacks, both as a means of revenge and to portray itself as being on the offensive.
A bystander could be heard cursing at Abadi in another video.
Iraqi forces launched an operation in May to recapture the city, one of only two in the country still held by IS.
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IS still controls large swathes of territory in the country’s north and west, including Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city.
