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| At least 83 people have been killed and 176 wounded in two separate bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraqi officials have said. | At least 83 people have been killed and 176 wounded in two separate bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraqi officials have said. |
| In the deadliest attack, a car bomb hit Karada, a busy shopping district in the centre of the Iraqi capital, killing 78 people and wounding 160, according to police and hospital officials. It struck as families and young people were out on the streets after breaking their daylight fast for the holy month of Ramadan on Sunday morning. | In the deadliest attack, a car bomb hit Karada, a busy shopping district in the centre of the Iraqi capital, killing 78 people and wounding 160, according to police and hospital officials. It struck as families and young people were out on the streets after breaking their daylight fast for the holy month of Ramadan on Sunday morning. |
| Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement posted online, saying it had deliberately targeted Shia Muslims. The statement could not be independently verified. | Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement posted online, saying it had deliberately targeted Shia Muslims. The statement could not be independently verified. |
| Related: Falluja fully liberated from Islamic State | Related: Falluja fully liberated from Islamic State |
| Firefighters were still working to extinguish the blazes and bodies were still being recovered from charred buildings at dawn on Sunday. Many of the dead were children, according to reporters at the scene. Ambulances could be heard rushing to the site for hours after the blast. A witness said the explosion caused fires at nearby clothing and cellphone shops. | Firefighters were still working to extinguish the blazes and bodies were still being recovered from charred buildings at dawn on Sunday. Many of the dead were children, according to reporters at the scene. Ambulances could be heard rushing to the site for hours after the blast. A witness said the explosion caused fires at nearby clothing and cellphone shops. |
| Hours after the bombing, Iraq’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, visited the blast site. Video footage uploaded to social media showed an angry crowd, with people calling Abadi a “thief” and shouting at his convoy. | Hours after the bombing, Iraq’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, visited the blast site. Video footage uploaded to social media showed an angry crowd, with people calling Abadi a “thief” and shouting at his convoy. |
| In the second attack, an improvised explosive device went off in eastern Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 16. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. | In the second attack, an improvised explosive device went off in eastern Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 16. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| The casualty figures were confirmed by police and hospital officials, who spoke anonymously because they were not authorised to release information to the press. | The casualty figures were confirmed by police and hospital officials, who spoke anonymously because they were not authorised to release information to the press. |
| The Baghdad attacks come just over a week after Iraqi forces declared the city of Falluja “fully liberated” from Isis. Over the past year, Iraqi forces have racked up territorial gains against Isis, retaking the city of Ramadi and the towns of Hit and Rutba, all in Iraq’s vast Anbar province west of Baghdad. | The Baghdad attacks come just over a week after Iraqi forces declared the city of Falluja “fully liberated” from Isis. Over the past year, Iraqi forces have racked up territorial gains against Isis, retaking the city of Ramadi and the towns of Hit and Rutba, all in Iraq’s vast Anbar province west of Baghdad. |
| Related: Millions of Iraqi children repeatedly and relentlessly targeted, says UN | Related: Millions of Iraqi children repeatedly and relentlessly targeted, says UN |
| Despite the government’s battlefield victories, Isis has repeatedly shown it remains capable of launching attacks far from the front lines. | Despite the government’s battlefield victories, Isis has repeatedly shown it remains capable of launching attacks far from the front lines. |
| Before the launch of the operation to retake Falluja, Iraq’s prime minister was facing growing social unrest and anti-government protests in Baghdad sparked in part by popular anger at the lack of security in the capital. In one month, Baghdad’s highly-fortified Green Zone which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions was stormed twice by anti-government protesters. | Before the launch of the operation to retake Falluja, Iraq’s prime minister was facing growing social unrest and anti-government protests in Baghdad sparked in part by popular anger at the lack of security in the capital. In one month, Baghdad’s highly-fortified Green Zone which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions was stormed twice by anti-government protesters. |
| Isis still controls Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, as well as significant patches of territory in the country’s north and west. | Isis still controls Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, as well as significant patches of territory in the country’s north and west. |
| At the height of the extremist group’s power in 2014, Isis put nearly a third of the country out of government control. Now, the militants are estimated to control only 14% of Iraqi territory, according to the office of the prime minister. | At the height of the extremist group’s power in 2014, Isis put nearly a third of the country out of government control. Now, the militants are estimated to control only 14% of Iraqi territory, according to the office of the prime minister. |