Suicide bombings in Baghdad kill 43 - brings total death in 7 days to more than 145

Baghdad is witnessing suicide bomb attacks and in the latest one, at least 43 people have been killed. It was the second attack within a week in the Iraqi capital and it brings the death toll to more than 145 in just seven days. Such an unrest highlights the continued existence of significant flaws in the security procedures in Baghdad. Obviously, this subject has gone largely unaddressed even though US-led forces are imparting training to Iraqi forces for the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 18 May 2016.

The deadliest attack was in the Sadr City area in northern Baghdad. Here, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle and killed at least 21 people. The second attack was in the Shaab area, also in northern Baghdad where the number of casualties was at least 19. It seems a female suicide bomber had carried out the attack. A police colonel said a roadside bombing was followed by the suicide attack. The third attack was a car bombing in the Rashid area of southern Baghdad in which at least three people died.
However, the ISIS has issued a statement claiming the attack and saying it was carried out by a man who first threw hand grenades and then detonated a suicide belt.
Incidentally, attacks by female suicide bombers are rare in Iraq even though they were once more common than they have become in recent years. It may be recalled that two mentally handicapped women wearing suicide vests had killed nearly 100 people at Baghdad pet markets in early 2008. The next year, two women detonated explosives at one of the country`s holiest Shiite sites the following year, killing more than 60 people. And, later, in 2010, an attack on Shiite pilgrims by a female bomber left over 40 dead.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Rashid and Sadr City, but IS has claimed a series of other attacks in and near Baghdad that have killed more than 100 people in seven days.


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