At Least 72 People Killed In Triple Baghdad Bombings

At least 72 people were killed and more than 140 injured in Baghdad when three bombs went off Tuesday, according to police and medical sources. The explosions hit Shia-dominated neighbourhoods in the north and south of the Iraqi capital as well as the Sadr City district. RT reports: The three blasts, which appeared not to be connected, struck different areas of Baghdad, and extend a deadly spate of attacks that the Iraqi capital has had to endure this year. The worst explosion hit a district in the north of Baghdad, killing 38 people and injuring at least 70 others. A spokesman for Baghdad Operations Command told state television that the attacker in the Al-Shaab district in the north of the Baghdad had detonated a suicide vest in coordination with a bomb which had been planted. Images from the earlier suicide bombing that targeted al-Sha’ab district in Baghdad. #Iraq pic.twitter.com/46vdtVS77j — Mustafa Al-Khaqani (@Khaqani_M) May 17, 2016 The two Al-Shaab blasts hit a predominantly Shiite area, while initial investigations claim the attacker was a woman. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) said it was responsible for the deadly attacks. This was followed by a car bomb in the southern neighborhood of Al-Rasheed [...]