ISIS Bombing Kills 125 Ramadan Shoppers In Baghdad

At least 125 people have been killed and about 150 injured in an explosion claimed by the so-called Islamic State group in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.A car bomb exploded on a busy street in the Karrada

district late on Saturday.The mainly Shia area was busy with shoppers late at night because it is the holy month of Ramadan.Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi was met by angry crowds while visiting the scene
on Sunday. He later declared three days of national mourning.A second bomb also exploded at about midnight in a predominantly Shia area north of the capital, killing another five people.The bombing in Karrada is the deadliest in Iraq this year and comes a week after Iraqi security forces recaptured the city of Falluja from Islamic State (IS) militants.
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