In a recent incident in South Baghdad, a suicide attacker blew himself up in a market south of the capital Baghdad on Friday. Police officials said that the incident killed at least 21 people while five others were wounded in another bombing in a nearby city.
This year, hundreds of people died in the explosions which occurred in Iraq. Responsibilities of much of the attacks have been claimed by ISIS.
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According to officials, the blast which occurred at Friday morning in a village market killed 21 and left 30 wounded.
Head of Security Committee in the Sourthern province of Babil, Falah Khafaji said, “It was a very ugly incident. The attack occurred as people were out shopping during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting”.
The blast came hours after a bomb exploded in the Shia holy city of Karbala near Mussayyib, wounding five people. Shortly after the two blasts occurred, the ISIS-linked Aamaq News agency said the group was behind both attacks. It said both were carried out by suicide attackers wearing explosive vests.
