Heavy Explosion Rocks Baghdad, Killing 18
MEP: At least 18 people have lost their lives and more than 40 others injured after an explosives-laden car bomb ripped through a commercial area of Iraq’s Baghdad on Wednesday morning, local officials said.
A police officer says the attack took place at a crowded outdoor market in Baghdad’s eastern district of Sadr City. There are fears the death toll will rise.
The area has been cordoned off and the injured rushed to the hospital where most of them are in critical condition, according to security sources.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but suspicion immediately turned to Isis, which has carried out numerous similar massacres in recent month as it continues to control swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq.
