IS says behind suicide attacks in Iraq

Funerals for some of the victims of suicide bombings in Baghdad, Iraq took place on Thursday. GETTY IMAGES
Funerals for some of the victims of suicide bombings in Baghdad, Iraq took place on Thursday. GETTY IMAGES

BAGHDAD — The Islamic State (IS) group has said it was behind a double suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Thursday that killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 100.

The target had been Shia Muslims, a statement from the Sunni Islamist militant group’s Amaq news agency said.

It was the biggest suicide attack in Baghdad for three years.

The bombers blew themselves up among a crowd of shoppers at a second-hand clothes market in Tayaran Square.

The admission by the jihadist group, made via its accounts on the messaging app Telegram, came several hours after the attack. (BBC)

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