Islamic State group claims deadly Iraq bombing
AFP
06 March, 2016, 21:53
Update: 06 March, 2016, 21:53
Iraqi emergency responders clear debris from the site of a truck bomb, that exploded at a crowded checkpoint, in the Iraqi city of Hilla, south of Baghdad on 6 March 2016. The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bomb blast that killed at least 47 people in the city of Hilla. Photo: AFP
Baghdad, Iraq: The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bomb blast that killed at least 47 people on Sunday in the south of Baghdad.
In a statement posted on social media, IS named the bomber who detonated his explosives-laden truck at a checkpoint outside the city of Hilla as Abu Islam al-Ansari.
‘The Rafidha (a derogatory term for Shias) must understand that the battle has just begun and that the worst is yet to come,’ the statement said.
The group claimed that the explosion had killed and wounded ‘more than 90’ people. The attack was the deadliest bombing by IS in Iraq this year.