At least six people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide bomb attack claimed by Islamic State in a mostly Shi’ite Muslim district of northwest Baghdad, police and medical sources said on Sunday.
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Iraqis including firefighters, gather at the site of a suicide auto bombing claimed by the Islamic State group on July 3, 2016 in Karrada central Baghdad’s in Iraq.
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.
An IS suicide bomber struck shoppers in Baghdad’s central Karrada district earlier this month, killing 292 people.
Eight policemen and six civilians were killed and up to 41 people were wounded, the officers said, adding that the explosion also damaged almost 20 cars lined up at the checkpoint.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on its social media accounts.
Despite suffering a string of territorial losses, the extremists continue to carry out almost-daily bombings in and around Baghdad as well as complex attacks in other countries.
Terror once again struck the streets of Iraq’s capital Sunday, after a suicide bombing killed at least 21 people in a residential neighborhood in northern Baghdad.
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The area fits the type of places often attacked by ISIS, because the militia there controls northern and western Iraq, which ISIS wants to take over.
