16 dead in Baghdad twin blasts

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At least 16 people have been killed in two car bombs that
went off in the Sadr district of Iraq’s capital Baghdad,
police sources have told Al Jazeera.
The blasts happened at around 6:30 pm (15:30 GMT) on
Thursday in two different parts of the district.
Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf, reporting from Baghdad, said:
“One of the car bombs hit in Sadr City hit a small street
with small cafes there that were packed with people having
dinner. The other one was at a crowded outdoor market.”
Later on, a roadside bomb exploded near a restaurant in
Baghdad’s Shia northern neighbourhood of Shaab, killing
three people and wounding 12 others, the AP news
agency reported.
Medical officials confirmed the casualties. All officials
spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorised to brief the media.
Iraq sees near-daily bombings and other attacks mainly
targeting Shia neighbourhoods and security forces. The
attacks are often claimed by the Sunni Islamic State of
Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group which seized much of
northern and western Iraq in a summer offensive.