At Least 39 People Killed in Baghdad Bombings

Local Editor

At least 39 people were killed and dozens of others injured in three bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

Iraqi officials said a blast in a marketplace in the northern district of al-Shaab on Tuesday killed 17 people and wounded 28.

A car bomb in the southern neighborhood of al-Rasheed left six people dead and another 21 wounded, they said.

The specific casualty figures for each district are provided based on initial press reports.

Responsibility for the two attacks had not yet been claimed by any group or individual, but the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh [Arabic acronym for the Takfiri "ISIS" / "ISIL"] had been engaged in a heightened terrorist campaign in the Iraqi capital over the past days.

On Sunday, bomb attacks by Daesh killed at least 15 people in and around Baghdad.

Iraqis said Daesh is trying to make up for its loss of ground to Iraqi security forces over the past months.

New estimates by the government show that Daesh now controls only 14 percent of Iraqi territory, down from the 40 percent it held in 2014, with top officials vowing to clear the entire Iraqi soil from militants in 2016.

The Iraqi army along with Popular Mobilization forces has been engaged in battles with Daesh to remove it from the areas it has overrun in Iraq.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team