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July 3rd, 2016 
Awake Goy Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan confirmed that the first attack was a car bomb.
Eyewitnesses said on Twitter that many shops burned down in the explosion. There are also fears the number of casualties could grow.
Karrada, the upper middle class district of the Iraqi capital, is mostly inhabited by Shia but also has quite a large Christian minority. The area gets really busy after sunset during the holy month of Ramadan.
Shortly after the explosion hit Karrada, eyewitnesses said there was a second blast that targeted the Shaab neighborhood, located in the northern part of the city.
Sky News Arabia says at least six people were killed in this explosion and another 12 were injured. A suspected home-made explosive device was used to hit a market, added the TV channel.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
However, the tactics resemble Islamic State’s signature, as the terrorists frequently choose Shia-populated civilian areas in the capital as their targets.
Earlier this week, a suicide attack west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 12 people and injured another 32. An attacker wearing a suicide vest targeted a Sunni mosque in Abu Ghraib.
READ MORE: At least 12 killed in suicide attack on Abu Ghraib mosque
Islamic State recently suffered ground losses, as it was pushed out of Fallujah by Iraqi forces. However, the terrorist group still controls Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, located in northern Iraq.
Source Article from https://www.rt.com/news/349335-iraq-blast-karrada-injured/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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