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At least 44 people have been killed and more than 90 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, police and medical sources said, following the bloodiest week of attacks in the Iraqi capital so far this year. At least 63 people have been killed and more than 90 wounded in three bombings in Baghdad, police and medical sources said, following the bloodiest week of attacks in the Iraqi capital so far this year.
A suicide bombing at a market in the northern district of al-Shaab killed 38 people and wounded more than 70, while a car bomb in the southern neighbourhood of al-Rasheed left six dead and another 21 wounded, the sources said. In the deadliest attack, a suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State (Isis) at a market in the northern district of al-Shaab, killed 38 people and wounded more than 70.
A spokesman for Baghdad operations command told state television the attacker in al-Shaab, a predominantly Shia area, had set off an explosives-filled vest in coordination with a planted bomb. Initial investigations revealed the attacker had been a woman, he said. At least 19 people were killed and 15 injured in the predominantly Shia Sadr City area of north Baghdad by a suicide bomber in an explosives-rigged car, while a car bomb in the southern neighbourhood of al-Rasheed left six dead and another 21 wounded, the sources said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. Islamic State (Isis) has claimed it was behind bombings in and around the capital last week that killed 100 people and sparked public anger against the government for failing to ensure security. A spokesman for Baghdad operations command told state television the attack in al-Shaab, also a predominantly Shia area, had set off an explosives-filled vest in coordination with a planted bomb. Initial investigations revealed the attacker had been a woman, he said.
Isis later issued a statement claiming the attack and saying it was carried out by a man, whom it identified as Abu Khattab al-Iraqi. The bomber threw hand grenades and then detonated a suicide belt, the statement said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the car bombings.
Isis last week claimed it was behind bombings in and around the capital last week that killed 100 people and sparked public anger against the government for failing to ensure security.
The Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, has said a political crisis, sparked by his attempt to reshuffle the cabinet to try to stamp out corruption, was hampering the fight against Isis and creating space for more insurgent attacks on civilians.The Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, has said a political crisis, sparked by his attempt to reshuffle the cabinet to try to stamp out corruption, was hampering the fight against Isis and creating space for more insurgent attacks on civilians.
Security has improved in the capital in recent years, even as Isis fighters have seized swaths of the country, almost to the ramparts on the outskirts of Baghdad.Security has improved in the capital in recent years, even as Isis fighters have seized swaths of the country, almost to the ramparts on the outskirts of Baghdad.
The prospect of the capital returning to the days when suicide bombings killed scores of people every week adds to pressure on Abadi to resolve the political crisis.The prospect of the capital returning to the days when suicide bombings killed scores of people every week adds to pressure on Abadi to resolve the political crisis.
Reuters and Agence France-Presse contributed to this report