Twin auto bombing kills 35 at Baghdad shopping mall

At least 11 people were killed in the blasts at al Nakhil shopping center in eastern Baghdad, police said.

A parked auto is believed to have been the source of one explosion, while the second was caused by an explosives-laden vehicle driven by a suicide bomber, a police colonel told AFP.

Baghdad is frequently hit by deadly bombing attacks, most of which are claimed by IS.

Thirty others were injured in the attack that took place late on Friday in central Baghdad, the sources said.

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Recently, a auto bomb near a hospital in central Baghdad killed nine people while in July another explosion down the road in July killed 324.

Amaq news agency, which supports DAESH, said in an online statement that two suicide bombers, one wearing a vest and the other in a vehicle, had targeted “a gathering of Shi’ites” on Palestine Street.

IS claims most major attacks in Baghdad, including some carried out at shopping centres earlier in the year.

The IS has frequently targeted areas where crowds of people gather, including markets, cafes and mosques across Iraq.