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Suicide truck bomber kills at least 15 in Iraq

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Suicide truck bomber kills at least 15 in Iraq

Baghdad - The bombing targeted a crowded street full of garages and used car dealers.

Published: Wed 15 Feb 2017, 6:35 PM

Updated: Wed 15 Feb 2017, 8:40 PM

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A suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck on Wednesday in Sadr City, a heavily populated poor suburb of Baghdad, killing at least 15 and wounding 50, security sources said.
The explosion, the deadliest in Baghdad so far this year, targeted a crowded street full of garages and used car dealers.
Daesh has stepped up bombings in Iraq last year, in retaliation to a U.S.-backed campaign that dislodged the hardline group from most Iraqi cities it took over in 2014. The militants also control parts of neighbouring Syria.



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