Scores Killed & Wounded As Baghdad Rocked By Deadly Blasts

As many as 23 civilians are reported to have been killed and wounded in the latest wave of terrorism in the capital city of Iraq. A statement issued by the Interior Ministry of Iraq on Tuesday publicized that at least 6 people were killed and 17 others wounded in three blasts understood to had been carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in populated areas of Baghdad city. In the first attack, the famous market Al-Shaab was banged by explosive motorcycle blast that shook up the neighboring residents and left six people dead and nine more wounded. In the second blast, four people sustained superficial injuries when a homemade bomb denoted in the Al-Baiyaa vicinity in southwestern Baghdad. Al-Baladiyat neighborhood in eastern Baghdad was targeted in the third attack that left four people injured as well.