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More than 200 dead in IS-claimed Baghdad blast: officials

BAGHDAD, July 4, (APP/AFP) – At least 213 people were
killed in Sunday’s Baghdad suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said, making it one of the deadliest ever militant attacks in Iraq.
The suicide car bombing, which ripped through a crowded shopping area and sparked infernos in nearby buildings, also wounded more than 200 people,
security and medical officials told AFP on Monday.