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ISIS says it's behind Iraq blasts that killed over 90
 [CNN] The terror group ISIS says it's behind a series of attacks in Iraq's capital Wednesday that left more than 90 people dead.At least 64 people were killed when a boom-mobile went off at a market in Baghdad Wednesday morning, according to Iraqi police. Another 87 people were maimed in that attack in the largely Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City. Pictures of the aftermath of the kaboom showed hundreds gathered near a chaotic scene. Blood marked the street, cars had their windows blown out and nearly an entire sidewalk was left charred. Later in the day, a jacket wallah wearing an explosive vest detonated in a busy square in the Shiite neighborhood of al-Kadhimiya, killing 17 people and wounding 43 others, two police officials in Baghdad told CNN. A suicide boom-mobileer went kaboom!in the Sunni neighborhood of al-Jamia in western Baghdad, killing 12 people and wounding 31 others. ISIS grabbed credit for the attacks, according to a message on the Twitter account for Amaq, a media outlet linked to the group. Posted by: Fred 2016-05-12 |
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