Car Bomb Blast Kills 31 People in Baghdad, Injures at Least 60

A car bomb detonated Wednesday in a Shiite-majority district in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad killing 31 people and wounding at least 60, a pan-Arab television channel said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – An explosives-laden car exploded near a busy market in Baghdad’s eastern neighborhood of Sadr City, the Al-Arabiya channel reported. 

Reports that 34 Shi'a civilians killed and 65+ wounded after a car bomb blast in a market in Sadr City, E. #Baghdad. pic.twitter.com/Tsycb5EDcG

— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) 11 May 2016

​There were no immediate reports of terrorist groups claiming responsibility for the attack, but Daesh group, banned in Russia and many other countries, said earlier this May they were behind a car bomb blast that killed 18 Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad. The radical Daesh group considers Shiites to be apostates.