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Russia condemns terrorist attacks in Iraq

Xinhua, March 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned back-to-back bombings at a busy marketplace in Iraq's Baghdad on Sunday carried out by the Islamic State (IS) group.

"Moscow strongly condemns the barbaric acts ... Such terrorist sorties vividly demonstrate an inhumane nature of violent radicals, disguising themselves with religious slogans," the ministry said in an online statement.

The statement said that such actions of extremists were conducted to incite further sectarian strife in Iraq and to undermine efforts toward national reconciliation in the country.

The ministry also called for joint efforts to fight against international terrorism.

"The terrorist attacks in Baghdad once again confirm the need for an uncompromising fight against transnational terrorist groups, wherever they are, in Iraq, Syria or other countries of the Middle East and North Africa," the ministry said.

An Iraqi Interior Ministry source Monday told Xinhua that latest official report showed that 53 were killed and 117 others wounded in Sunday's bombings at Mreidy Market in Sadr City district.

IS claimed responsibility for the two bomb attacks, according to an online statement, whose authenticity could not be independently verified.

On Monday, up to 17 were killed and 41 were injured Monday in another suicide bomb attack in a village in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security source told Xinhua.

Iraq is currently witnessing a wave of violence since IS took over areas of Iraq's northern and western regions in June 2014. Endit