About 14 more die in Baghdad car bombing
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This May 11, 2016 photo shows people looking at the damage following a car bomb attack in Sadr City, a Shia-dominated area north of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.
More than a dozen people were killed in another bomb attack in a Shia-dominated neighborhood of the Iraqi capital Tuesday, following two other deadly bombings earlier.
Security sources said the car bombing was carried out at a crowded market in Sadr City. Fourteen people died and 30 more were injured.
Other sources said engineering units of Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Forces managed to dismantle a second bomb hidden in a car parked in the area.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, although the attacks bore the hallmarks of previous incidents involving the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group.
The bomb attack in Sadr City was the third deadly bombing to strike Shia-dominated areas of Baghdad on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, separate bombings hit two outdoor markets in the city. Over 40 people died, with officials saying that more than 90 were also injured.
Both Shaab and Dora neighborhoods, where the attacks were carried out, are dominated by Shia Muslims. In a later statement on its website, Daesh claimed responsibility for the back-to-back twin bombing.
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