A suicide bomb attack in car near a military base north of Baghdad and
another blast near a market in the capital of Iraqi killed at least people Thursday, police
said.Both explosions occurred
at around 9:00 am.The attack by a bus
station in Taji, a town just north of Baghdad that is home to one of Iraq´s
largest military bases, killed at least five people and wounded 12, a police
colonel said.Another car bomb
explosion in the capital´s mostly Shiite neighbourhood Baghdad Jadida killed at
least four people, the same source said.A Baghdad health
official confirmed the casualty tolls but warned they could rise.There was no immediate
claim for the blasts but the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for
nearly all such attacks in last months.Under heavy pressure on
the battlefield, the jihadist organisation has struck back with attacks in
Baghdad.
The deadliest spate of
bombings to hit the capital this year was in May when three attacks on the same
day, including a devastating blast in Sadr City, killed close to hundred
people.
