Two Bombs in Baghdad Kill 13, Say Police, Medical Sources
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Two bombs went off in Baghdad Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 40, police and medical sources said.
A blast in a marketplace in the northern district of al-Shaab killed seven people and wounded 21, while a car bomb in the southern neighborhood of al-Rasheed left six dead and another 21 wounded, the sources said, according to Reuters.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Daesh (ISIL) militants controlling vast swathes of the country's north and west have conducted bombings this week that killed around 100 people.
Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday the militants were taking advantage of a political crisis in the country, sparked by his attempt to overhaul its quota-based governing system, to conduct bombings in areas under nominal government control.
