Suicide bombs rock Baghdad, killing at least 12

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and wounded 39 at a prominent Baghdad market in an apparent ISIS attack on Sunday morning.

 

"A soldier at the gate of Jamilah Market opened fire on a suicide car bomb after noticing a suspect vehicle but the terrorist blew up his car," government spokesman Saad Maan said in a televised statement.

 

Jamilah is the city's primary vegetable market and located in the primarily Shiite district of Sadr City northeast of Baghdad.

 

ISIS claimed the attack on a popular terrorist website, using a nom de guerre indicating the bomber was Iraqi and saying that he targeted members of Iraq's Shiite Muslim majority, AFP news agency reported.

 

As an international coalition continues to drive ISIS fighters out of major Iraqi cities like Fallujah and Mosul, attacks in the capital have increased in frequency. In the past week about 100 people were killed.