Death toll from Baghdad car bombs rises to 47

BAGHDAD: The death toll from car bomb attacks on crowded markets in Baghdad onWednesday climbed to 47, police said.Islamic State militants, which have declared a ´caliphate´ in swathes of Iraq and...

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Death toll from Baghdad car bombs rises to 47
BAGHDAD: The death toll from car bomb attacks on crowded markets in Baghdad on
Wednesday climbed to 47, police said.

Islamic State militants, which have declared a ´caliphate´ in swathes of Iraq and Syria that it controls and threatens to march on Baghdad, have claimed several Baghdad bombings in the past. (Reuters)