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Iraq truck bomb 'kills dozens' in Baghdad market | |
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At least 50 people have been killed in Iraq after a truck bomb targeted a crowded Baghdad market, officials say. | |
The bomb struck in Jameela market in Sadr City, a district in the north-east of the Iraqi capital. | |
Police and hospital officials told the Associated Press news agency at least 54 people were killed and 86 injured. | |
Sadr City, a predominantly Shia area, has been the target of several blasts by the radical Sunni militant group Islamic State (IS). | |
No group has yet said it was behind Thursday's attack on one of the city's largest markets. | |
A witness who spoke to Reuters news agency said the bomb exploded in a refrigerator truck at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT). | |
The blast is one of the largest to strike Baghdad since Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi took office in August 2014, Reuters says. |