50 killed and wounded in ISIS car bomb in Iraq's Baquba, ISIS Anbar leader killed in airstrike

50 killed and wounded in ISIS car bomb in Iraq's Baquba, ISIS Anbar leader killed in airstrike
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A car bomb in the town of Baquba in Diyala province killed 12 and wounded 40 others on Monday evening.

"Close to a restaurant in the area of Shafta in Baquba, a car bomb went off, killing 12 people and wounding 40 others," said a Rudaw correspondent in Baquba.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility of the attack.

The ISIS announcement said that the car bomb had targeted a group of Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi militia.

ISIS’ attack on Baquba comes as the Pentagon released information that the Islamic State leader in Anbar province has been killed in an airstrike.