Suicide car bombing in Iraqi capital kills 14
According to Reuters, police and medical sources said on August 7, a suicide car bomb occurred in a Shi'ite Muslim area in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing 14 people.
The attack came as Sunni militants from the Islamic State (IS) group launched a major offensive in northern Iraq and routed Kurdish forces, putting the Baghdad government and regional powers on alert.
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| The scene of two bombings in a Shiite Muslim area in Sadr City, northeast of Baghdad on August 7. (Source: AFP/VNA) |
Earlier, IS claimed responsibility for the bombings in Baghdad.
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In a related development on the same day, IS seized the country's largest Christian town, Qaraqosh, and neighboring areas, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate to the Kurdish autonomous region.
According to witnesses, IS gunmen entered after Kurdish soldiers withdrew.
The town of Qaraqosh has a population of about 50,000, all of whom are Christians.
The town lies between the city of Mosul, an area currently controlled by IS, and Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region./.
According to VNA
