Reports: At least 63 dead in massive Baghdad bombings
- 8 years ago
Over 68 people were killed after four bombings struck predominantly Shiite neighborhoods on Tuesday.
An IED detonated and a female suicide bomber targeted a crowded market in the eastern neighborhood of Al-Shaab.
The rest of the attacks were carried out by via car or suicide bomber near Dara and Sadr City.
Only one of the attacks were claimed by ISIS, according to NPR.
The militant group is Sunni and regularly targets Shiite communities in terrorist strikes.
Last Wednesday, a string of ISIS-claimed attacks in Baghdad killed more than 85 people in what was Baghdad's bloodiest day of 2016.
An IED detonated and a female suicide bomber targeted a crowded market in the eastern neighborhood of Al-Shaab.
The rest of the attacks were carried out by via car or suicide bomber near Dara and Sadr City.
Only one of the attacks were claimed by ISIS, according to NPR.
The militant group is Sunni and regularly targets Shiite communities in terrorist strikes.
Last Wednesday, a string of ISIS-claimed attacks in Baghdad killed more than 85 people in what was Baghdad's bloodiest day of 2016.