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| 18 feared killed as blast rocks Baghdad's busy district of Karrada (PHOTOS, VIDEO) | 18 feared killed as blast rocks Baghdad's busy district of Karrada (PHOTOS, VIDEO) |
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| A blast has ripped through a busy market area in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, users report on Twitter, posting dramatic images of a post-explosion blaze. At least 18 people are said to have been killed. | A blast has ripped through a busy market area in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, users report on Twitter, posting dramatic images of a post-explosion blaze. At least 18 people are said to have been killed. |
| Over 45 others were also injured, AP reported citing hospital and police sources. Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan confirmed that the attack was a car bomb. | |
| Eyewitnesses reported on Twitter that many shops burned down in the explosion. Many also fear the number of casualties could grow. | |
| Karrada, the upper middle class district of the Iraqi capital, is mostly inhabited by Shia but also has quite a large Christian minority. The area gets really busy after sunset during the holy month of Ramadan. | Karrada, the upper middle class district of the Iraqi capital, is mostly inhabited by Shia but also has quite a large Christian minority. The area gets really busy after sunset during the holy month of Ramadan. |
| Shortly after the explosion hit Karrada, eyewitnesses said there was a second blast that targeted the Shaab neighborhood, located in the northern part of the city. | |
| Local authorities have not confirmed the second car bomb explosion, but Sky News Arabia claimed the blast killed at least six people and injured another 12. | |
| So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. | So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| However, the tactics resemble Islamic State's signature, as the terrorists frequently choose Shia-populated civilian areas in the capital as their targets. | However, the tactics resemble Islamic State's signature, as the terrorists frequently choose Shia-populated civilian areas in the capital as their targets. |
| Earlier this week, a suicide attack west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 12 people and injured another 32. An attacker wearing a suicide vest targeted a Sunni mosque in Abu Ghraib. | |
| READ MORE: At least 12 killed in suicide attack on Abu Ghraib mosque | |
| Islamic State recently suffered ground losses, as it was pushed out of Fallujah by Iraqi forces. However, the terrorist group still controls Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, located in northern Iraq. | |
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