IS-claimed bombing kills five in Baghdad

AFP, BAGHDAD: A bombing targeting Shiites in Baghdad killed at least five people and wounded 21 others on Sunday, Iraqi officials said, an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.
The attack struck the Baghdad Jadida area near a tent where Shiite Muslims provide refreshments to passersby as part of annual commemorations of the death of Imam Hussein, a revered figure in Shiite Islam.
IS, which frequently targets Shiite Muslims, whom it considers heretics, issued a statement claiming the attack and said it was carried out by a suicide bomber—an account confirmed by two interior ministry officials.
But a medical official and people at the scene of the attack said it was a roadside bomb, not a suicide bomber—a repeat of differing accounts of another bombing in the same area at the end of last month.
Unusually, there were also two different versions of the IS claim posted online Sunday: one which gave the correct location and another saying it had taken place in Shaab, an area across the city.

 

IS-claimed bombing kills five in Baghdad

AFP, BAGHDAD: A bombing targeting Shiites in Baghdad killed at least five people and wounded 21 others on Sunday, Iraqi officials said, an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group. The attack struck the Baghdad Jadida area near a tent where Shiite Muslims provide refreshments to passersby as part of annual commemorations of the death of Imam Hussein, a revered figure in Shiite Islam. IS, which frequently targets Shiite Muslims, whom it considers heretics, issued a statement claiming theattack and said it was carried out by a suicide bomberan account confirmed bytwo interior ministry officials. But a medical official and people at the scene of the attack said it was a roadside bomb, not a suicide bombera repeat of differing accounts of another bombing in the same area at the end of last month. Unusually, there were also two different versions of the IS claim posted online Sunday: one which gavethe correct location and another saying it had taken place in Shaab, an area across the city.