ISIS claims Baghdad car blast that killed 20
In a statement posted online, the militant group said it had targeted a security checkpoint in the al-Shurta al-Rabaa neighbourhood
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility on Thursday for a suicide car bombing in a mainly Shi'ite Muslim district of Baghdad that killed at least 20 people the day before.
In a statement posted online, the militant group said it had targeted a security checkpoint in the al-Shurta al-Rabaa neighbourhood.
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