Car Bomb Blast Kills at Least 80 in Iraqi Market

A car bomb explosion killed at least 80 people including children in a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks since Islamic State militants overran large parts of the country. The force of the blast in Khan Bani Saad, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) northeast of Baghdad, brought down several buildings, crushing people who were celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, police and medics said. No group immediately claimed responsibility,...

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