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48 dead, dozens injured in Baghdad car explosion - reports Car bomb kills at least 45 in Baghdad
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A third bomb in three days has rocked the Iraqi capital Baghdad, with latest reports saying 48 people have been killed and dozens more injured, according to Reuters. A third bomb in three days has rocked the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The Iraqi police said at least 45 people were killed and 50 others injured by the blast claimed by the terrorist group Islamic State.
The explosion occurred Thursday in the Hayy al-Shurtathey area of the city. Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Saad Maan confirmed the toll from the attack, but medical sources put it higher, with Reuters reporting 48 killed and 55 injured by the blast.
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It's understood that the bomb went off in a parked vehicle near a used car dealership in the southern part of the Iraqi capital. The attack took place in the southwestern al-Bayaa neighborhood of Baghdad, in a street used for the sale of used cars, which was packed with salesmen and customers at the time of the explosion.
The terrorist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing through its news agency Amaq. The terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility for the bombing through its news agency Amaq.
It's the third explosion to hit Baghdad this week after a suicide bomber in a truck detonated a device in a northern Shiite neighbourhood of the city, reported Al Jazeera. At least nine people were killed and scores injured in that incident. The bombing is the second to hit car markets this week, indicating that placing a car bomb among used cars is a viable strategy for terrorists. Earlier on Wednesday, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in his car in the Sadr City suburb in the east of Baghdad, claiming at least 15 lives.
As part of the deadly spate of attacks on the city, explosives hidden inside a vehicle in an industrial part of southern Baghdad claimed the lives of four people on Tuesday, according to AFP. In another attack on Tuesday, a car bomb exploded in an industrial zone in the southern part of the city, killing four.