A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 15 people in a Shiite area of northern Baghdad on Sunday, security and medical officials said.
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The bomber, who was on foot, detonated his device at one of the busy entrances of Kadhimiyah, killing at least nine civilians and three policemen, a police officer said.
Latest figures released by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq show a total of 662 Iraqis were killed and 1,457 others injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in June.
ISIS claimed the attack via its affiliated news agency, Amaq and said that it targeted soldiers, a gathering of security forces and Shiite militia members. But the extremists have continued to carry out near-daily bombings in and around Baghdad, as well as complex attacks in other countries. Bombs went off early Sunday in two crowded commercial areas in Baghdad.
Jul 25, 2016- At least nine people have been killed by a vehicle bomb outside the central Iraqi town of Khalis, officials say.
Sources at the Kadhimiya hospital, where victims of the blast were taken, said the death toll could rise as some of the wounded were in a critical condition.
But it has suffered a series of defeats, including the recent loss of the western city of Falluja and, in response, has stepped up suicide attacks.
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The government also ordered its security personnel to stop using fake bomb detectors it has used for years and that were widely known as useless.
