Islamic State attacks in Baghdad kill at least 69 people

At least 69 people have been killed in Iraq by a wave of car bombs in Shi’ite-dominated neighbourhoods of Baghdad.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the deadliest bombing of the day, which took place in Baghdad’s north-eastern Shaab neighbourhood where at least 34 people were killed and 75 injured.

In that attack, a roadside bomb first exploded outside the concrete blast walls surrounding an open-air market, followed by a suicide bomber who blew himself up as people gathered to help the victims of the first explosion.