At least 82 people were killed and 200 injured in two bombings that hit Baghdad, nearly all of them targeting a busy shopping area, police and medical sources say.
A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up in the district of Karrada, killing 80 people and injuring at least 200. IS claimed responsibility for the attack, in a statement circulated online by supporters of the ultra-hard line Sunni group.
Karrada was busy at the time as Iraqis eat out late during the fasting month of Ramadan, which ends next week. A video posted on social media showed a large blaze in the main street of Karrada after the blast.
Reuters TV footage taken in the morning showed at least four buildings severely damaged or partly destroyed. a roadside explosive device also blew up around midnight in a market in al-Shaab, a popular Shi'ite district in the north of the capital, leaving at least two killed, police said.