The vegetable market, located in the northern neighborhood of Rashidiyah, was crowded with people when it came under attack on Tuesday morning.
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A suicide vehicle bomber hit a police checkpoint on Wednesday, killing at least eight people in a Baghdad district that was struck by a deadly attack the day before, Iraqi officials said.
Baghdad is on high alert for attacks after another ISIL-claimed blast in the central Karada district on July 3 killed more than 300 people.
Iraqi government-backed ‚à ” úPopular Mobilization‚à ” ù forces took part in a joint military parade with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 14, 2016. On Monday, visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Washington will send 560 more troops to Iraq to help battle IS. Two separate bombings elsewhere killed four civilians and wounded 16.
A medical official confirmed the casualties.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest attack, but the Daesh group frequently carries out suicide bombings targeting civilians. With 292 people killed, it was recorded as one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the USA invasion in 2003. And last Thursday, an attack at a shrine north of Baghdad killed 37 people.
The parade was held to mark “the liberation of Fallujah and Ramadi and all the Iraqi territory that was liberated”, defence ministry spokesman Brigadier General Tahseen Ibrahim told AFP, referring to two key cities recaptured from the jihadists.
The recent uptick in Daesh attacks beyond the front lines demonstrated the Daesh group’s ability to launch lethal attacks despite recent territorial losses in both Iraq and Syria.
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In an online statement, the Islamic State said that this time they had targeted the army.
