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| Baghdad bombing death toll rises to 281 | Baghdad bombing death toll rises to 281 |
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| Iraqi officials have again raised the figure for the number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bombing in Baghdad. | Iraqi officials have again raised the figure for the number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bombing in Baghdad. |
| The health ministry said 281 were now known to have died in the attack, which targeted a shopping complex in the mainly Shia Muslim Karrada district. | The health ministry said 281 were now known to have died in the attack, which targeted a shopping complex in the mainly Shia Muslim Karrada district. |
| The previous death toll, announced by the ministry on Tuesday, was 250. | The previous death toll, announced by the ministry on Tuesday, was 250. |
| The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind the bombing, the deadliest in the Iraqi capital since the 2003 US-led invasion. | The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind the bombing, the deadliest in the Iraqi capital since the 2003 US-led invasion. |
| On Thursday, the health ministry raised the death toll from the attack after more of those registered as missing were identified as dead, spokesman Ahmed al-Rudaini told the Reuters news agency. | |
| Hospital and police officials told the Associated Press that the death toll might rise as human remains were still being recovered from the blast site. | |
| More than 200 people were wounded in the attack, 23 of whom are still in hospital. |