Several Terrorist Attacks Target Baghdad: At Least 20 Martyred
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Terrorists unleashed a wave of attacks targeting commercial areas in and around Baghdad on Monday, martyring at least 20 people, officials said as Iraqi troops poised to recapture the Daesh-held city of Fallujah, west of Iraq's capital.
Shortly after the bombings hit, the extremist Daesh, which has been behind recent deadly attacks in Baghdad and beyond, claimed responsibility for two of the attacks, both in the Iraqi capital. Such assaults are seen as an attempt by the militants to distract the security forces' attention away from the front lines.
The attacks came amid a key Iraqi military operation to dislodge the terrorists and retake the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, which has been in Daesh hands for over two years.
The deadliest of Monday's attacks took place in the northern Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad where a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint next to a commercial area, martyring eight civilians and three soldiers.
The explosion also wounded up to 14 people, a police officer said.
A suicide car bomber struck an outdoor market in the town of Tarmiyah, about 50 kilometers north of Baghdad, martyring four civilians and two policemen, another police officer said, adding that 19 people were wounded in that bombing.
And in Baghdad's eastern Sadr City district, a bomb motorcycle went off at a market, martyring three and wounding 10, police said. Medical officials confirmed casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
In an online statement, Daesh claimed responsibility for the attacks in Shaab and Sadr City.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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