7 Killed in Suicide Blast in Baghdad

Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has blown himself up in Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 19. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast Sunday in the Iskan neighborhood, a mostly Shi'ite district. However, Islamic State — a Sunni group — considers Iraq's Shi'ite majority to be apostates and regularly targets them with bombings in crowded areas of Baghdad. Iraqi forces, backed by coalition airstrikes, have been fighting Islamic...

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