Iraq's prime minister says victory over terrorists close

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed Sunday that his administration will punish the perpetrators of the twin bombings in the capital, Baghdad, saying that victory over Takfiri terrorists is close.

During the early hours of Sunday, a bomb planted on a truck went off at a busy commercial street in the Shia neighborhood of Karradah, leaving at least 125 people dead and at least 147 others wounded.

The Karradah blast was followed by a second attack that was carried out at an outdoor market in the Shaab neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad, killing one person and injuring five more.

In a message posted on Twitter, the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group claimed responsibility for the bombings.

The Iraqi premier, who visited the site of the blast in Karradah, said the Daesh terrorists have desperately resorted to bomb attacks targeting civilians in the wake of their recent heavy defeats at the hands of the Iraqi army and volunteer fighters in the battlefront.

Abadi also declared a three-day national mourning across Iraq, beginning on Sunday, for those died in Daesh bomb attacks.

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