16 killed Baghdad car blast

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A car bomb killed at least 16 people and wounded 30, Wednesday in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital, a police colonel said.
The attack, which struck a busy commercial street in the western district of Bayaa, was the latest of a number of particularly deadly incidents in Baghdad in less than a week, reports AFP.
On Tuesday, at least 30 people died in two car bombings and attacks on police.
The worst car bombing left 19 dead and 43 wounded in the eastern district of Baghdad al-Jadida, a predominantly Shiite area that has been one of the most targeted by car bombs in recent years.
Another four people were killed and 10 wounded in a similar attack in the southern neighbourhood of Zafaraniya.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for both attacks, saying they had targeted Shiite militiamen, a claim it often makes even when most of the victims are civilians.
On Friday, a huge suicide car bomb attack claimed by IS killed dozens of people in Khan Bani Saad, a town just north of Baghdad.







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