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Multiple bombings claim 7 lives in, around Baghdad

Sunday, 28 February 2016 5:35 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 28 February 2016 5:37 AM ]

Iraqi men look at the damage near the al-Jawaher Mall in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on January 12, 2016, a day after a bomb attack in the area.©AFP

At least seven people have lost their lives and nearly three dozen others sustained injuries in a spate of bomb attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a civilian was killed and four others were injured when a roadside bomb exploded in Sheikh Omar neighborhood of central Baghdad on Saturday, the al-Baghdadia satellite television network reported.

Two civilians also died and nine others were injured when an improvised explosive device went off near an outdoor market in the town of Abu Ghraib, located some 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Baghdad.

Security forces immediately cordoned off the site of the attack, and ambulance workers ferried the wounded to a nearby hospital.

Additionally, one civilian lost his life and seven others suffered injuries when a bomb attack struck a commercial district in the city of Bismayah, situated about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) southeast of Baghdad.

Also on Saturday, a bomb exploded near a popular café in the al-Eskan neighborhood of western Baghdad, leaving one person killed and six others injured.

Elsewhere in the capital’s northern neighborhood of Sha’ab, a civilian was killed and eight others injured in a bomb explosion in the vicinity of a commercial district.

People collect their belongings from a heavily damaged building in the aftermath of a car bomb explosion in a commercial area of New Baghdad, Iraq, on January 12, 2016. ©AP

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq says a total of 849 Iraqis were killed and 1,450 others injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in January.

According to the UN mission, the number of civilian fatalities stood at 490. Violence also claimed the lives of 359 members of the Iraqi security forces. A great portion of the fatalities was recorded in Baghdad, where 299 civilians were killed.

The northern and western parts of Iraq have been plagued by violence ever since Daesh Takfiri terrorists began their march through the Iraqi territory in June 2014.

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