{"id":54670,"date":"2021-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?guid=cea7ac5ce31250d7bbe4c8366d6188d7"},"modified":"2021-07-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T00:00:00","slug":"35-dead-after-suicide-attack-in-iraq-islamic-state-claims-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/35-dead-after-suicide-attack-in-iraq-islamic-state-claims-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"35 DEAD AFTER SUICIDE ATTACK IN IRAQ, ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY"},"content":{"rendered":"
A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival, security and hospital sources said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
More than 60 people were wounded, a police source said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, the group\u2019s Nasheer news agency said on Telegram. It said one of its militants blew up his explosive vest among the crowds.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hospital sources said the death toll could rise as some of the wounded were in critical condition.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi held an urgent meeting with top security commanders to discuss the attack, the premier\u2019s office said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: National News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival, security and hospital sources said.More than 60 people were wounded, a police so…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n