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More bombings bring death toll to 88 across Baghdad; ISIS claims responsibilty

Dozens of angry people gathered at the scene of the bombing, blaming the government for the carnage.

Baghdad: Iraqi police and hospital officials say two additional bombings in Baghdad have left more than 25 dead and 56 wounded Wednesday, bringing the day's total death toll to 88.

A suicide car bomb targeting a police station in Baghdad's northwest Kadhimiyah neighborhood killed 18, of whom five were policemen. The attack also wounded 34.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement posted online by the group.

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In Northern Baghdad a suicide car bomb in the neighborhood of Jamiya killed seven and wounded 22. Earlier Wednesday a car bombing of an outdoor market in Sadr City killed at least 63 people.

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to brief the press.

Islamic State in its statement posted online that a suicide bomber identified as "Abu Sulaiman al-Ansari" detonated a car bomb there.

It said in a separate statement later that the other two attacks that took place a few hours later in the neighbourhoods of Kadhimiyah and Jamea were also carried out by suicide bombers.

( Source : AP )
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