At least 93 people have been killed in three car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police and medics say. The deadliest killed 64 people and wounded 87 in a market in the mainly Shia Muslim area of Sadr City. The Sunni jihadist group, which controls large swathes of northern and western Iraq, has frequently targeted Shia Muslims, whom it considers apostates. The so-called Islamic State (IS) group claimed the attacks that have seen the worst day of violence in Baghdad so far this year. Later, two suicide bombers targeted police checkpoints in the northern district of Kadhimiya, and in Jamia, in the west, leaving 29 dead.

Source: The Star May 12, 2016 01:15 UTC