Hezbollah condemns Iraq’s latest explosions

Hezbollah condemned on Wednesday the latest explosions that took place in Iraq, adding that “the continuous targeting of public places and markets full of civilians by the Takfiris groups targeting shows that those criminals have no humanity.”

In a statement, Hezbollah added that such crimes must be a motivation for deploying more efforts to eradicate the Tafkiri terrorism that aims at jeopardizing the stability of Iraq and the entire region.”

Iraqi police and hospital officials say two additional bombings in Baghdad have left more than 25 dead and 56 wounded Wednesday, bringing the day's total death toll to 88.

A suicide car bomb targeting a police station in Baghdad's northwest Kadhimiyah neighborhood killed 18, of whom five were policemen. The attack also wounded 34.

In Northern Baghdad a suicide car bomb in the neighborhood of Jamiya killed seven and wounded 22.

Earlier Wednesday a car bombing of an outdoor market in Sadr City killed at least 63 people.

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to brief the press.

On Tuesday, an evening suicide bombing in a commercial area in a city northeast of Baghdad killed at least 13 people, Iraqi officials said Tuesday as the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.

LBCI/REUTERS