Islamic State claims Baghdad car bomb attack: statement

People gather at the site of a car bomb attack at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad, Iraq January 8, 2017. REUTERS photo

Islamic State claimed a suicide bomb attack that police and medics said killed 13 people at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday.

The group said in an online statement that a suicide car bomber had detonated his explosives in the Jamila area.

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