- Title: Car bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City kills 50 -police, medics
- Date: 11th May 2016
- Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ ( MAY 11, 2016) (REUTERS) PEOPLE STANDING AT BLAST SITE AROUND FORK-LIFT TRUCK AND WRECKAGE OF CAR PEOPLE AND SECURITY FORCES NEAR WRECKAGE OF CAR BOMB SMOULDERING BURNT OUT SHOP PEOPLE ON STREET, DAMAGED GOODS REMAINS OF CAR ENGINE PEOPLE NEAR REMAINS OF CAR WRECKAGE PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF BUILDING HIT BY BLAST VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING NEAR DAMAGED AND BURNT OUT SHOPS RUBBLE, ASH AND DAMAGED FURNITURE COVERING GROUND OF SHOP DAMAGED SHOP INTERIOR DAMAGED STREET STALL PEOPLE STANDING NEAR DAMAGED BUILDING PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET PEOPLE WALKING PAST BANNER WITH SHI'ITE IMAM ON IT VARIOUS OF DAMAGED CARS MORE DAMAGED CAR BLOOD AND DEBRIS ON GROUND PEOPLE STANDING AROUND DEBRIS PEOPLE STANDING AT BLAST SITE
- Embargoed: 26th May 2016 11:03
- Keywords: Baghdad Islamic State car bomb Sadr City blast bomb
- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- City: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Bombing (non-military),Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0014HD6G5J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A car bomb claimed by Islamic State in a Shi'ite Muslim district of Baghdad killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 60 others on Wednesday (May 11), Iraqi police and hospital sources said.
The SUV packed with explosives went off near a beauty salon in a bustling market at rush hour in Sadr City. Most of the victims were women and many of the wounded are in critical condition, the sources said.
Amaq news agency, which supports Islamic State, said a suicide bomber had targeted Shi'ite militia fighters.
The ultra-hardline Sunni jihadist group, which considers Shi'ites apostates, claimed a twin suicide bombing in Sadr City in February that killed 70 people.
Security has gradually improved in Baghdad, which was the target of daily bombings a decade ago, but violence directed against both the security forces and civilians is still frequent and large blasts sometimes set off reprisal attacks.
The fight against Islamic State has exacerbated a long-running sectarian conflict in Iraq, mostly between the Shi'ite majority and the Sunni minority.
Sectarian violence also threatens to undermine U.S.-backed efforts to dislodge the militant group from vast areas of the north and west of Iraq that they seized in 2014. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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