The New Paper

January 22, 2021

ISIS claims responsibility for two suicide bombings in Baghdad

ISIS claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings in Baghdad yesterday. The attack killed 32 people (and injured 110) at a busy public market, marking the Iraqi capital’s deadliest attack in three years. Similar attacks became infrequent in Baghdad after Iraqi forces and a US-led coalition pushed out ISIS in 2017.
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