Bloody Ramadan 2016 continued in the typical Muslim fashion, with over 100 killed in Baghdad after a suicide truck bomb in downtown Baghdad killed 115 people and wounded nearly 200 others who were out shopping and celebrating the end of Ramadan. It doesn’t end until July 5th, but this Ramadan has been one of the bloodiest yet with over 1,000 killed in terrorist attacks all around the world, including the United States. Just another feather in the cap of Islam. The latest terrorist attack in Baghdad was carried out by Obama and Hillary Clinton’s JV team ISIS.
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The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, was the deadliest in months in the Iraqi capital, and came despite a series of recent gains against the extremists, including the capture of Fallujah, which was believed to have been a source of such attacks.
The bomb went off shortly after midnight in a crowded shopping area in the central Karada district, killing at least 115 people and wounding 187, according to a police official. The dead included at least 15 children, 10 women and six policemen. At least twelve other people were still missing and feared dead.
Karada is a major commercial area lined with clothing and jewelry stores, restaurants and cafes, and was packed with shoppers ahead of Wednesday’s Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Most of the victims were inside a multi-story shopping and amusement mall, where dozens burned to death or suffocated, police said.
It was the deadliest attack in Iraq since July 2015 and among the worst single bombings in more than a decade of war and insurgency.