Middle East

Suicide bombing kills at least 15 people in Iraq

Attacker detonated a pick-up truck in a heavily-populated Shia suburb of Baghdad

Iraqi security forces and people gather at the site where a suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck in Sadr City, Baghdad. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters
Iraqi security forces and people gather at the site where a suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck in Sadr City, Baghdad. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters
Wed Feb 15 2017 - 20:57

A suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck on Wednesday in Sadr City, a heavily-populated Shia suburb of Baghdad, killing at least 15 and wounding 50, Iraqi security sources have said.

The explosion, the deadliest in Baghdad so far this year, targeted a crowded street full of garages and used-car dealers.

Islamic State

Although no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, Islamic State have been responsible for similar bombings in the past.

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The group has stepped up bombings in Iraq last year, in retaliation for a US-backed campaign that dislodged the hardline Sunni group from most of the Iraqi cities it took over in 2014.

The militants also control parts of neighbouring Syria.

Reuters