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Dozens Of Casualties In Central Baghdad Bombing; ISIS Claims Responsibility

September 18 2015

Iraq

At least 15 people have been killed and 55 or more wounded in two separate bombings in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, reports Xinhua, China's state news agency.

A suicide bomber struck during rush hour on Thursday near the entrance of a marketplace near Tayran Square, reported Agence France-Presse. At least one police officer was among those killed.

A second bomb exploded in the nearby Wathba square, outside government offices where retired people were lining up to collect...

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