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At least 15 people were wounded in an explosion on Wednesday in Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood, Iraqi police and medical workers said.
A military statement said an explosion took place in Sadr City but gave no details.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. It was the second attack to hit Sadr City and the third to target a busy market this year in Baghdad.
In April four people were killed and 20 wounded in a car bomb attack in the same neighborhood. And in January a suicide attack killed at least 32 people in a crowded market.
Both attacks were claimed by Islamic State terrorist gangs.
Large bomb attacks, once an almost daily occurrence in the Iraqi capital, have halted since Islamic State fighters were defeated in 2017, part of an overall improvement in security that has brought normal life back to Baghdad.
However, the Islamic State (IS) remains the main suspect to be behind the bombing as the terrorist group still poses a serious threat to the security forces and civilians in the country.
