This latest attack comes after one of the bloodiest days in the Iraqi capital this year when more than 90 people were killed in auto bombings claimed by ISIS.
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Iraqi walk past stalls at Oraiba market on May 12, 2016, a day after it was struck by a vehicle bomb attack in the frequently targeted Sadr City area of northern Baghdad.
More than 110 others were wounded, including civilians and security forces.
Another suicide vehicle bomb attack killed at least 14 people at the entrance of the northwestern neighbourhood of Kadhimiya, which is home to an important Shia Muslim shrine.
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as Da’esh, has claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attacks, which also injured many other persons. Commercial and public places in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods are among the most frequent targets for Islamic State militants, who want to undermine government efforts to maintain security in the capital.
Experts have said a security vacuum has opened in Iraq as it faces renewed political turmoil.
IS still controls significant areas in northern and western Iraq, including Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul.
On April 30, Sadr supporters who had been protesting for weeks to demand a cabinet reshuffle and reforms broke into the fortified Green Zone and stormed parliament.
Political risk analyst Kirk Sowell said the jihadist’s groups tactics are changing as it loses grip on territory in Iraq.
He and some of the other demonstrators chanted slogans demanding the resignation of Interior Minister Mohammed al-Ghaban.
Condemning all attacks perpetrated by ISIL against the people of Iraq in an attempt to destabilize the country and region, the members of the Council reiterated their commitment to Iraqs independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and national unity, as well as to its security. An additional 87 people were wounded in the attack in the largely Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City.
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“The political bickering, the differences and conflicts among politicians are hurting (the country) at all levels”, said Baghdad resident Raad al-Quraishi, who blamed the political stalemate for the security failures and a deepening economic crisis. “We hold them responsible”.
