Morocco- Nearly 120 Killed in Baghdad Bombings

Date: 2016-07-04 02:47:38

(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings that hit Baghdad around midnight last night.

The majority of those who died were killed when a refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up in the district of Karrada, killing 80 people and injuring at least 200, police and medical sources said.

The So-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, in a statement circulated online by supporters of the ultra-hard line Sunni group. It said the blast was a suicide bombing.

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