PHOTO: Some of the 250 victims of Sunday’s bombing of Karrada


Last Sunday, suicide car bombings — probably carried out by the Islamic State — killed about 250 people in the shopping district of Karrada in Iraq’s capital Baghdad. The attack was the deadliest single incident of civilian casualties since the 2003 Iraq War.

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On Wednesday, both Sunni and Shia Muslims prayed at the site for Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Photo by Khalid al-Mousily of Reuters:

KARRADA PRAYER 06-07-16

Britain’s Channel 4 News has broadcast a tribute to the victims of the bombing.