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Truck bomb 'kills dozens' in Baghdad Iraq truck bomb 'kills dozens' in Baghdad market
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At least 50 people killed in Iraq after truck bomb targets crowded Baghdad market, officials say At least 50 people have been killed in Iraq after a truck bomb targeted a crowded Baghdad market, officials say.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The bomb struck in Jameela market in Sadr City, a district in the north-east of the Iraqi capital.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. 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.