More Than 90 Killed In Baghdad Car Bombings

Three car bomb blasts have killed at least 93 people in Baghdad in one of the worst of a recent wave of bombings in the Iraqi capital.

The deadliest explosion struck a crowded outdoor market in the Shi’ite district of Sadr City during the morning rush hour, killing at least 63 people and wounding more than 80 others.

In the afternoon, two more car bombs targeted police checkpoints and left at least 30 dead.

One exploded in Kadhimiyah, a northwestern district that is home to an important Shi'ite shrine, while the other went off in the western Jamia district, which is predominantly Sunni.

The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the three attacks, saying they were carried out by suicide bombers.

The Sunni extremist group, which still control vast areas of northern and western Iraq, has frequently targeted the country's Shi'ite majority, which it considers heretics.

PHOTO GALLERY: Baghdad Car Bombs Wreak Havoc

Iraqi officials have raised the death toll from a powerful car bombing in a Shi'ite neighborhood in the Iraqi capital to at least 52 people killed. The attack, which also wounded up to 65 people, several seriously, was one of the worst attacks in Baghdad in recent years. The explosion struck a crowded outdoor market in Baghdad's eastern district of Sadr City. The Islamic State extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Based on reporting by AP, BBC, AFP, and Reuters