Reply To:
Name - Reply Comment
Last Updated : 2024-05-08 00:01:00
At least 79 people have been killed and 131 injured in an explosion claimed by the Islamic State group in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
A car bomb exploded near a restaurant and shopping area in the central district of Karrada late on Saturday.
The street was busy with shoppers after sundown in the holy month of Ramadan, which ends this week.
A second bomb exploded later in a predominantly Shia area north of the capital, killing another five people.
The bombings, among the deadliest in Iraq this year, come a week after Iraqi security forces recaptured the city of Falluja from Islamic State (IS) militants.
Authorities say the city was used as a launching pad for attacks on Baghdad by IS.
The jihadist group on Saturday claimed responsibility for the car bomb in Karrada in a statement distributed online by supporters of the hardline Sunni group.
There are reports the source of the blast was a refrigerator van packed with explosives.
Many of those killed in the attack, close to midnight, were children, Associated Press reported.
It caused a huge fire on the main street. Several buildings were badly damaged and were still on fire early on Sunday.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited the scene in the morning, and was met by angry crowds.
IS still controls large swathes of territory in the country's north and west, including Mosul, Iraq's second largest city.
But the group has been under pressure in Iraq and in neighbouring Syria, where it has been targeted by government forces and US-backed rebels.
This latest deadly attack took place in the central Karrada district before dawn, when Iraqis, like many Muslims in the Arab world, gather in large numbers in juice bars and cafes to have their meal before they start another day's fasting in the holy month of Ramadan.
Angry residents chased the convoy of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi with stones and bricks when he tried to visit the scene of the carnage few hours after the explosion.
The also vented their anger online. Hackers broke into the website of the Interior Ministry and placed a gruesome picture of a killed child and a drawing of a fake bomb detector, one of the useless devices that are still in use in Baghdad at checkpoints, through which car bombs and suicide bombers pass.(BBC)
NUWAN Sunday, 03 July 2016 06:02 PM
SAD
kk Sunday, 03 July 2016 08:30 PM
How the country was under SADDAM. After American Buffalo solders enter the country.. the coolies now ISIS via DM Android App
Wise Donkey Monday, 04 July 2016 02:15 AM
Saddam Hussein predicted this situation while he was being led to the gallows.He was 100% right. There wasn't a single terrorist during his rule and people enjoyed peace irrespective of their faith. Curse on Bush
Molaya Monday, 04 July 2016 09:50 AM
These inhuman babarians killing innocent people don't belong to any religion. The so called Superpowers, Regional powers, UNO, NATO you name it are just seem totally Powerless. I trust that God will send some angels and destroy these Murderous Babarian whoever may be they are?
Add comment
Comments will be edited (grammar, spelling and slang) and authorized at the discretion of Daily Mirror online. The website also has the right not to publish selected comments.
Reply To:
Name - Reply Comment
US authorities are currently reviewing the manifest of every cargo aboard MV
On March 26, a couple arriving from Thailand was arrested with 88 live animal
According to villagers from Naula-Moragolla out of 105 families 80 can afford
Is the situation in Sri Lanka so grim that locals harbour hope that they coul