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At
least nine people were killed and 32 wounded on Tuesday when a car
packed with explosives was detonated in a district just north of
Baghdad, security and medical sources said.
least nine people were killed and 32 wounded on Tuesday when a car
packed with explosives was detonated in a district just north of
Baghdad, security and medical sources said.
There
was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast in Rashidiya,
but Islamic State regularly carries out such bombings in the capital and
other parts of Iraq, where it seized large swathes of territory in
2014.
was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast in Rashidiya,
but Islamic State regularly carries out such bombings in the capital and
other parts of Iraq, where it seized large swathes of territory in
2014.
Baghdad is on high alert for
attacks after a blast in the central Karrada district on July 3 killed
at least 292 people, making it one of the deadliest bombings in Iraq
since U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein 13 years ago.
Islamic State has
turned increasingly to ad hoc attacks, which U.S. and Iraqi officials
have touted as proof that battlefield setbacks are weakening the
jihadists. But critics say a global uptick in suicide attacks attributed
to the group suggests it may adapt and survive.
