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| Baghdad suicide attack death toll rises sharply to 250 | Baghdad suicide attack death toll rises sharply to 250 |
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| The number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 250, the Iraqi government says. | The number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 250, the Iraqi government says. |
| A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in the Karrada district while families were shopping for the holiday marking the end of Ramadan. | A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in the Karrada district while families were shopping for the holiday marking the end of Ramadan. |
| So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it carried out the suicide attack. | So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it carried out the suicide attack. |
| An earlier estimate for the attack put the toll at 165. Iraq remains under a state of mourning after the bombing. | |
| The bombing just after midnight came a week after Iraqi forces had recaptured the city of Falluja from IS. | |
| Reports said a lorry had been packed with explosives and left near the popular Hadi Center. | |
| The powerful blast engulfed the area in flames. Such was the chaos it caused it took days for the scale of the attack to become clear. | |
| The Iraqi government has been heavily criticised over the attack, with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met by angry crowds when he visited the blast site. | |
| On Tuesday, the Iraqi interior minister Mohammed Ghabban submitted his resignation but it has not yet been accepted. |