At least 25 dead, 50+ injured as twin blasts hit shopping area in Baghdad (VIDEO) — RT News
A twin blast has hit a market in Iraq’s capital, killing no less than 25 individuals and injuring greater than 50, Reuters reported, citing police and medics. One of the explosions was reportedly triggered by a suicide bomber.
The blast occurred on the Sinak Market in central Baghdad’s Al-Rasheed district, a police colonel instructed AFP. The company’s sources put the dying toll at 18.
One of the blasts was brought on by a suicide bomber and the opposite by a planted explosive machine, an Interior Ministry official instructed Reuters.
Both blasts occurred in a crowded space, Kurdistan24 information reported, including that individuals had been already rescuing the victims of the primary blast, when the second blast hit.
Security forces have cordoned off the scene, and ambulances have rushed to move the useless and injured, Alsumaria information reported.
It continues to be unclear whether or not the blasts had been the results of a suicide bomber assault or remotely detonated gadgets.
The Islamic State (previously ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group has claimed accountability for the assault, Al Jazeera reported.
Islamic State usually targets Baghdad as a result of the town “is most accessible” to terrorists, Jamal Wakim, a professor of historical past and worldwide relations in Beirut, instructed RT.
“I imagine we’ll see increasingly assaults sooner or later, primarily in Baghdad,” he stated.
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