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| Iraq bombings: Isis claims responsibility as double car bomb attack kills at least 32 people in Samawah | |
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| At least 32 people have been killed and up to 75 others wounded in a double car bomb attack claimed by Isis in Iraq, officials say. | At least 32 people have been killed and up to 75 others wounded in a double car bomb attack claimed by Isis in Iraq, officials say. |
| A police officer said two parked explosives-laden cars detonated within minutes of each other, around midday in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa. | A police officer said two parked explosives-laden cars detonated within minutes of each other, around midday in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa. |
| The first car exploded near government offices, while the second exploded minutes later at an open-air bus station about 60 metres away. | The first car exploded near government offices, while the second exploded minutes later at an open-air bus station about 60 metres away. |
| The officer said he expected the death toll to rise. | The officer said he expected the death toll to rise. |
| Unverified online photographs showed a large plume of smoke rising above the buildings, as well as burnt out cars and bodies on the ground at the site of one of the blasts, including several children. | Unverified online photographs showed a large plume of smoke rising above the buildings, as well as burnt out cars and bodies on the ground at the site of one of the blasts, including several children. |
| Police and firefighters carried victims on stretchers and in their arms. | Police and firefighters carried victims on stretchers and in their arms. |
| Isis primarily holds positions in Sunni areas of the country's north and west, far from the mainly Shia southern provincies were Samawa is located. Such attacks are relatively rare. | Isis primarily holds positions in Sunni areas of the country's north and west, far from the mainly Shia southern provincies were Samawa is located. Such attacks are relatively rare. |
| The terror group claimed resonsibility for a bombing that killed at least 21 people and wounded many more, in an attack targeting Shia pilgrims on Saturday morning. | The terror group claimed resonsibility for a bombing that killed at least 21 people and wounded many more, in an attack targeting Shia pilgrims on Saturday morning. |
| On Saturday, hundreds of supporters of the Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed Iraq's parliament building in Baghdad, demonstrating against a government deadlock. | On Saturday, hundreds of supporters of the Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed Iraq's parliament building in Baghdad, demonstrating against a government deadlock. |
| A state of emergency was declared in the capital as the unrest continued on Saturday afternoon. Security officials said entrances to the city had been shut as a "precautionary measure". | A state of emergency was declared in the capital as the unrest continued on Saturday afternoon. Security officials said entrances to the city had been shut as a "precautionary measure". |