ISIS claims massive bombing in Baghdad
A massive car bomb tore through a commercial area Wednesday in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad, killing dozens of people and leaving many more wounded as Islamic extremists again brought their fight to Iraq's capital. Two police officers said the explosives-laden car went off Wednesday morning at a crowded outdoor market in Baghdad's eastern […]A massive car bomb tore through a commercial area Wednesday in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad, killing dozens of people and leaving many more wounded as Islamic extremists again brought their fight to Iraq's capital.
Two police officers said the explosives-laden car went off Wednesday morning at a crowded outdoor market in Baghdad's eastern district of Sadr City.
An official at the Iraqi Ministry of Health told CBS News that at least 40 people were killed and 61 more injured. There were fears the death toll could still rise.
Shortly after the explosion, the Sunni extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which sees Shiite Muslims as apostates, claimed responsibility for the attack in an online statement.
