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| At least 52 killed, 78 injured in Baghdad ISIS-claimed car bombing – police, hospital | |
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| A car bombing attack in Baghdad claimed by Islamic State killed at least 52 people and injured dozens of others, Reuters reports citing hospital and police sources. The car bomb set of in a Shiite Muslim district of the Iraqi capital. | |
| An SUV rigged with explosives was parked near a beauty salon in a busy market in the Sadr City neighborhood, Iraqi police reported. | An SUV rigged with explosives was parked near a beauty salon in a busy market in the Sadr City neighborhood, Iraqi police reported. |
| The bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber, a media outlet that sympathizes with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) reported. | The bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber, a media outlet that sympathizes with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) reported. |
| The blast killed over 20 people on the spot while others succumbed to their wounds shortly after. At least 60 people were injured by the blast, and many remain in critical condition. | The blast killed over 20 people on the spot while others succumbed to their wounds shortly after. At least 60 people were injured by the blast, and many remain in critical condition. |
| IS targeted Sadr City in February in a twin bombing attack, which claimed the lives of 70 people. | IS targeted Sadr City in February in a twin bombing attack, which claimed the lives of 70 people. |
| READ MORE: Over 70 feared killed, 100+ wounded in Baghdad blasts | READ MORE: Over 70 feared killed, 100+ wounded in Baghdad blasts |
| The group is ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim and considers Muslims adhering to other sects of Islam apostates and their enemies. | The group is ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim and considers Muslims adhering to other sects of Islam apostates and their enemies. |
| Sectarian violence remains one of the biggest security challenges in Iraq, since the US invasion of Iraq deposed its Sunni minority in power and installed a Shiite majority government. | Sectarian violence remains one of the biggest security challenges in Iraq, since the US invasion of Iraq deposed its Sunni minority in power and installed a Shiite majority government. |
| Military officers and former officials of Saddam Hussein’s government, whose careers were ruined by the change of regime in Baghdad, were instrumental in Islamic State’s rise from a little-known Iraqi ally of Al-Qaeda to the most-publicized terrorist threat in the modern world. | Military officers and former officials of Saddam Hussein’s government, whose careers were ruined by the change of regime in Baghdad, were instrumental in Islamic State’s rise from a little-known Iraqi ally of Al-Qaeda to the most-publicized terrorist threat in the modern world. |