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1st LD: At least 3 killed in suicide bomb attack in Iraq's Baghdad

Xinhua, September 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least three people were killed and ten others wounded on Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack in eastern Baghdad, a police source told Xinhua.

A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in the morning near a post office in New Baghdad district, the source said on condition of anonymity.

The toll could rise as ambulances, police and civilian vehicles were evacuating victims to the nearby hospitals and medical centers, the source added.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State (IS) militant group, in most cases, is responsible for the suicide attacks, targeting areas where crowds of people gather, including markets, cafes and mosques across Iraq.

Terrorist acts, violence and armed conflicts killed 691 Iraqis and wounded 1,016 others in August across Iraq, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq said earlier.

Many blame the current chronic instability, cycle of violence, and the emergence of extremist groups, such as the IS, on the U.S. that invaded and occupied Iraq in March 2003. Endit