Iraqi Civilian Killed In Baghdad Blast: Army
Sumaira FH Published April 16, 2021 | 01:23 AM
An Iraqi man died on Thursday when explosives he was transporting in a vehicle detonated in Baghdad's densely populated majority-Shiite Sadr City, the army said
Baghdad, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Apr, 2021 ) :An Iraqi man died on Thursday when explosives he was transporting in a vehicle detonated in Baghdad's densely populated majority-Shiite Sadr City, the army said.
Iraqi authorities are usually quick to announce "terrorist" acts, often blaming the Islamic State group, which has continued to carry out attacks despite its territorial defeat in late 2017.
In the wake of the explosion, reports circulated on social media that it was a car bomb attack, but authorities later said the blast was not intentional.
"The explosion took place inside the vehicle... as it drove near a market" in Sadr City, a statement from the Iraqi military said.
The driver was killed and 12 people in the vicinity of the blast were wounded, it added.
"According to the investigation, the owner of the vehicle was transporting explosives on behalf of an armed group," a security source told AFP.
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