ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi capital Baghdad came under attack from Islamic State (ISIS) on Sunday. Two bomb blasts rocked the Sadr City neighborhood killing 24 and the group's militants also launched a surprise attack against Abu Ghraib 25 kilometers west of Baghdad.
The bombing in Sadr City struck a crowd who had gathered around a mobile phone market killing 24 and wounding 60 others,according to Voice of America News.
The neighborhood has been frequently attacked by such bomb attacks in the past. ISIS claimed responsibility for one devastating truck bombing there last August which killed nearly 80 people.
ISIS likely targeted the neighborhood since it is a Shiite-majority area and from where some of the more prominent Shiite militia groups combating ISIS across Iraq originate.
Gunmen and suicide bombers riding on pickups stormed Abu Ghraib around the same time but were defeated by Iraqi security forces who quickly mobilized to defend the capital.
According to the spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry, Yousef al Abadi, the ISIS attackers managed to kill 30 of the defending Iraqis before they were all killed
The situation, Abadi said, is now "under control."
The bombing in Sadr City struck a crowd who had gathered around a mobile phone market killing 24 and wounding 60 others,according to Voice of America News.
The neighborhood has been frequently attacked by such bomb attacks in the past. ISIS claimed responsibility for one devastating truck bombing there last August which killed nearly 80 people.
ISIS likely targeted the neighborhood since it is a Shiite-majority area and from where some of the more prominent Shiite militia groups combating ISIS across Iraq originate.
Gunmen and suicide bombers riding on pickups stormed Abu Ghraib around the same time but were defeated by Iraqi security forces who quickly mobilized to defend the capital.
According to the spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry, Yousef al Abadi, the ISIS attackers managed to kill 30 of the defending Iraqis before they were all killed
The situation, Abadi said, is now "under control."
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