bomb attack in Sadr City, a Shiite area north of the capital Baghdad.Horror killing at least 93 people and wounding 165

A crowd looks at the damage following a car bomb attack in Sadr City, a Shiite area north of the capital Baghdad.

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Three suicide bombings hit Baghdad on Wednesday, killing more than 85 people. The attacks — car bombings at an outdoor market and at a police checkpoint, and a checkpoint blast set off by someone on foot — have been claimed by the Islamic State, NPR's Alison Meuse reports.

In the morning's market blast alone, the death toll was at least 62, Alison says, citing Iraqi authorities.

"Iraq's Interior Ministry says more than a third of the victims were women and children," she reports. "The attack comes as Iraqi forces press offensives against ISIS. According to U.S. estimates, ISIS lost 40 percent of its territory in Iraq over the past year. But it is still capable of carrying out attacks in the capital."

The Associated Press says at least 85 people were wounded in the car bombing at the market. The wire service, citing two police officers, says the explosion struck "a crowded outdoor market in Baghdad's eastern district of Sadr City."

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In the bloodiest day in Iraq's capital this year, three separate bombs exploded in Baghdad, killing at least 93 people and wounding 165

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On Wednesday morning, a car bomb ripped through a crowded outdoor market in the predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City, killing at least 63 people and wounding at least 85.

Later in the afternoon, a bomb targeting a police station in Baghdad’s northwest Kadhimiyah neighbourhood killed 18, including five police officers, and wounded 34. A third bombing in the northern Baghdad neighbourhood of Jamiya killed 12 and wounded 46.

Sadr City neighbourhood bombing: 63 killed, more than 100 injured.

Kadhimiyah neighbourhood bombing: 13 killed, 20 injured.

Hurriyah neighbourhood bombing: 7 killed, 23 injured.

Jamiyah neighbourhood bombing: 7 killed, 22 wounded.

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