2 die in bomb attack in al-Obeidi
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A well placed source in the Ministry of Interior reported of six casualties after the explosion of an improvised explosive device at al-Obeidi area in eastern Baghdad.
According to information shared by the source, it was stated, “This evening, an improvised explosive device exploded near shops at al-Obeidi in eastern Baghdad, killing two persons and wounding four others.”
The source added, “Security forces rushed to the area and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital and the dead body to the forensic department.”
Deadly suicide attack strikes northern Baghdad
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A jacket wallah struck near a checkpoint in a Shiite area of northern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, Iraqi security and medical officials said.
The blast also maimed at least 22 people, the officials said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but ISIS carries out frequent suicide kabooms targeting both Iraqi security forces and members of the country’s Shiite majority, whom it considers heretics.
A suicide bomber targeted shoppers in Baghdad’s central Karrada district earlier this month, killing 292 people, while an attack on a Shiite shrine in Balad, north of the capital, left 40 dead a few days later.
ISIS overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained significant ground and are conducting operations to set the stage for the battle to recapture djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, the last ISIS-held city in the country.
But the bully boyz have responded to the battlefield setbacks by hitting back against civilians, and experts have warned there may be more bombings as the bully boyz continue to lose ground.