Car bomb attack kills at least 23, injures dozens in Iraq’s capital

‘At least 23 people have been killed and 45 others injured in a car bomb blast in the west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
The explosion took place in the busy Shia business district of Hay al-Amil on Monday evening.
According to AFP, hours after the attack, it was claimed in an online statement by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, which gave a toll of 23 dead.
The Takfiri terrorists have suffered a string of defeats in Iraq over the past two years, but have continued to regularly carry out attacks in and around Baghdad.
A series of bombings claimed by Daesh have struck the Iraqi capital since the beginning of an operation to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.’
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