Car Bomb Attacks Claim 16 Lives in Iraqi Capital
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At least 16 people have been killed and more than three dozen others wounded in separate bomb attacks against public places in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security and medical officials said.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the deadliest of the Thursday attacks took place in Baghdad’s northwestern neighborhood of Mansour, where a car bomb blast killed five people and injured 12 others.
Four people also lost their lives and 14 others sustained injuries when a car bomb exploded next to a shop in the capital’s northern Hurriya neighborhood, Press TV reported.
Separately, two car bombs went off in two eastern neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing a total of seven people and wounding 18 others.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the acts of violence.
The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) says nearly 1,000 people were killed in violence last month, while over 2,170 others were injured.
According to the UN mission, the number of civilian fatalities stood at 729. Violence also claimed the lives of nearly 270 members of the Iraqi security forces in March.
A great portion of the fatalities was recorded in Baghdad, where more than 360 civilians were killed.
The northern and western parts of Iraq have faced violence since ISIL started its campaign of terror in early June 2014. The terrorists are in control of Mosul and certain other parts of the country.
Since then, Iraq’s army has been joined by Kurdish forces, and Shia and Sunni volunteers in operations to drive the ISIL terrorists out of the areas they have seized.