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50 Killed, 60 Injured in ISIS Car Bomb Explosion in Iraq’s Baghdad

Wednesday 11 May 2016
50 Killed, 60 Injured in ISIS Car Bomb Explosion in Iraq’s Baghdad

Alwaght- Car bomb explosion by ISIS terrorists in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad killed 50 people and wounded 60 others on Wednesday.

The attack came in a bustling market during the morning rush on Wednesday, killing mostly women, Iraqi police and hospital sources said.

The car bomb explosion took place while in a similar incident by ISIS terrorist group in February, a twin suicide bombing in Baghdad’s district of Sadr City 78 people were killed and more than 100 others were wounded.

ISIS Takfiri terrorist group carries out frequent bombings targeting various spots in the region.

ISIS terrorists overran swathes of territory north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces backed local militias have since regained significant ground.

The group still controls a large part of the country's west, and are able to carry out frequent bombings in government-held areas.

According to the UN mission, the number of civilian fatalities stood at 575. Violence also claimed the lives of 544 members of the Iraqi security forces.

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