Truck Bomb Explosion Kills At Least 60 and Injures 200 in Baghdad

Refrigerated truck exploded in Sadr city of Baghdad killing close to 60 people and injured over 200.

A car bomb explosion in Sadr city of Baghdad on August 5, 2015. (Photo: AP)

At least 60 people were killed and 200 wounded on Thursday when a refrigerated truck packed with explosives blew up in Sadr City in Baghdad, police and medical sources said.

This is the largest attack in the capital city since Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi took office a year ago.

The explosion took place in a crowded market of the Shi’ite district of northeastern Baghdad.

A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up inside Jamila market at around 6 a.m. (0300 GMT). Many people were killed and body parts were thrown on top of nearby buildings.
– Muhsin al-Saedi, Police Officer

Car bomb explosion on August 5, 2015. (Photo: AP)

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, but Islamic State – ultra-radical Sunni Muslim militants who seized swathes of northern Iraq last year – have claimed similar attacks targeting Shi’ite neighbourhoods.