Iraq: Baghdad bombing kills more than 200

Anger is growing in Baghdad over the government's failure to protect civilians, after a devastating bombing in a crowded commercial area in the Iraqi capital killed more than two hundred people, including many children. 

The powerful explosion came near the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, when the streets were filled with young people and families out after sunset. 

The death toll from the blast in Karada, a predominantly Shia neighbourhood in central Baghdad has risen to over two hundred, as the bodies of more victims are being pulled from the rubble. 

Hundreds were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives blew up in a busy shopping street filled with people after they had broken their fast. 

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, also known as ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement circulated by its supporters online.  



SOURCE: ALJAZEERA