“The latest report said 14 people were killed and 20 wounded in Kadhmiyah suicide bomb attack”, the source said on condition of anonymity.
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In an online statement, ISIS militants immediately claimed responsibility for the actions of the suicide bomber, who attacked an area near the entrance to Kadhimiyah, a busy, predominantly Shiite district, on foot.
A suicide bomber targeted the mostly Shiite neighborhood of Kadhimiya Sunday morning, killing at least 21 people.
The director of the Pentagon agency devoted to stopping improvised bombings is in Baghdad this week meeting with Iraqi officials, but US military officials caution that they will not be able to deliver quick solutions to suppress a string of suicide attacks there.
The truck, filled with bombs, plowed into a building with a coffee shop and stores while people were gathered to break Ramadan fasts.
Shia neighbourhoods like Kadhimiyah are frequent targets for Isis, which now controls large areas in northern and western Iraq. At least 31 other people were wounded.
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After the Karrada attack the Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban had to step down citing coordination gap among the security systems.
