ERBIL,Kurdistan Region — ISIS claimed responsibility for three separate bombings which killed and wounded at least 113 civilians in Baghdad on Monday as the French President Francoise Hollande is on an official visit in the Iraqi capital.
Another seven people were killed and wounded in a car bomb nearby Kendi hospital in central Baghdad, bringing the total number of the casualties to 113 in a single day.
The police source said the number of casualties is on the rise.
These bombings went off hours after French President Hollande landed in Baghdad where he met with his counterpart Fuad Masum and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
Over the past few days multiple bombings have ripped through Baghdad and Shiite Najaf city, killing another 35 civilians.
These attacks come as Iraqi forces have been engaged nearly three months in a major military offensive to retake the city of Mosul from the extremist group ISIS.
A suicide bomber detonated his payloads in the Shiite district of Sadr killing at least 35 people and wounding 60 others at a busy local market, according to the Iraqi police.
And an official from the Iraqi Interior Ministry confirmed to Rudaw an explosion went off near Jawadir hospital, shortly after the first attack in the Sadr district, killing 11 others.
Another seven people were killed and wounded in a car bomb nearby Kendi hospital in central Baghdad, bringing the total number of the casualties to 113 in a single day.
The police source said the number of casualties is on the rise.
These bombings went off hours after French President Hollande landed in Baghdad where he met with his counterpart Fuad Masum and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
Over the past few days multiple bombings have ripped through Baghdad and Shiite Najaf city, killing another 35 civilians.
These attacks come as Iraqi forces have been engaged nearly three months in a major military offensive to retake the city of Mosul from the extremist group ISIS.
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