At least 12 people were killed in two separate car bomb attacks in Baghdad targeting security forces. Police sources said nine people were killed and 28 others injured in the attack on a security checkpoint in the northern al-Husseiniya district yesterday. In the second bombing which targeted an army convoy in Arab al-Jabour, on Baghdad’s southern outskirts three people were killed there, and 11 others injured.
Islamic State was behind the yesterday’s larger blast, according to the Amaq news agency which supports the group. However, there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the second bombing.