IS conflict: Dozens killed in Baghdad car bombing

At least 93 people have been killed in three car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. 

The deadliest killed 84 people and wounded 87 in a market in the mainly Shia Muslim area of Sadr City.

Later two suicide bombers targeted police checkpoints in the northern district of Kadhimiya and in Jamia, in the west, leaving 29 dead.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attacks which have been described as the worst day of violence in Baghdad so far this year. 

The Sunni jihadist group, which controls large parts of northern and western Iraq, has frequently targeted Shia, whom it considers apostates. 

The target of yesterday's first bombing was the busy market in Sadr City. 

Police and witnesses say the explosives were hidden under fruit and vegetables loaded on a pick-up truck.


SOURCE: BBC news