The death toll from the deadliest single car bombing in Baghdad since the 2003 Iraq War has reached nearly 300.
Iraq’s health ministry said 292 people were killed in Sunday’s atrocity, which struck a shopping centre in a district of the city home to mainly Shia Muslims.
Iraqis remind world most of Isis' victims are Muslims.
AFTER BOMBING
Isis have claimed responsibility for the attack, in which a vehicle packed with explosives was detonated at around midnight local time at the busy al-Hadi Centre just ahead of celebrations marking the end of Ramadan.
The blast engulfed the shopping mall and surrounding cafes, while fames from the explosion left buildings charred and gutted and many bodies unrecognisable.
It was the deadliest bombing to hit the Iraqi capital more than 10 years of war and insurgency, coming amid a series of almost daily attacks by Isis as it continues to lose territory Iraq, Syria and Libya.
Iraqi security forces and civilians gather at the site after a car bomb hit Karada, a busy shopping district in the center of Baghdad, Iraq (AP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi dismissed three officials in charge of Baghdad’s security on Friday.
A statement posted on his Facebook page said he had fired the commander of military operations, security services and intelligence in the capital.
On Tuesday, Interior Minister Mohammed Ghabban resigned blaming the attack on a lack of communication between multiple forces in charge of the capital’s security.
SOURCE: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/baghdad-bombing-death-toll-rises-to-nearly-300-in-isis-car-bombing-a7127386.html

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