Upto 126 killed and 152 wounded in suicide bomb attack in Iraq capital of Baghdad on Sunday an interior ministry of source said. This is one if the bloodiest attack this year in the country while the army are fighting against the Islamic state militant. The busy commercial district in the southern Baghdad was hit by a bomb in about 1.00am local time when a suicide bomber denotated his explosive laden pickup truck outside a shopping center. The three storey building was completely destroyed when lots of people where in it ,many of the victims where women and children.
The powerful blast set fire to the shopping center and four nearby building where many shops and stalls were charred and destroyed,along with destroying dozens of civilians vehicles at the scene the source added.
Dozens of rescue workers, firefighters and civilians were removing debriefs and burned wreckage from dawn to evening looking for survivors and dead bodies.
The attack happened when young people and families were in crowded thorough fare,where many families were preparing their families for Eid-el fitr schedule to start on Tuesday which mark the end of holy month of Ramadan.
Meanwhile another car bomb went off in northern eastern of Baghdad leaving one dead and five wounded. The dead toil could rise as many wounded are in critical condition.
The terrorist group carried such desperate deadly attack as a result of being crushed in the battlefield referring to the government recent victory of retaking of Fallujah city from IS in the country's western province of Anbar.
Local resident Muhammad musa said "now we demand a solution from the government because since 2003 to 2016 we are uncomfortable, we are in difficult situation, most people lost their properties money,everything is gone.
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