At least 120 dead in Baghdad bombings

Published July 3, 2016 1:27pm ET



At least 120 people were killed Saturday night and early Sunday morning in Baghdad in two separate bombings, one of which was a suicide bomber for which the Islamic State claimed credit.

The suicide bomber blew up a truck near a shopping area in Iraq’s capital late Saturday, and killed at least 115 people and wounded 187 others, according to the Associated Press.

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