A car bomb has hit a military
intelligence office in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least
eight people and injuring 25 others, Al Jazeera has learned.
The explosion on Saturday targeted the Karada neighbourhood where the intelligence office, which also houses a police station, is located.
The attack came a day after a Shia armed group killed at least 73 Sunni Muslim worshipers at a village mosque in Diyala province, raising the prospect of revenge attacks as politicians try to form a government capable of countering the Islamic State group.
Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf, reporting from Erbil, said that latest bombing in Baghdad adds to the already “very volatile” security situation in the country.
An advance by Islamic State through northern Iraq has alarmed the Baghdad government and its Western allies. The US began airstrikes in Iraq for the first time since the withdrawal of its troops in 2011.
Although the air campaign has caused a few setbacks for Islamic State, they do not address the wider problem of sectarian warfare which the group has fueled with attacks on Shias.
Bombings, kidnappings and execution-style shootings occur almost daily, echoing the dark days of 2006-2007, the peak of a sectarian civil war.
The explosion on Saturday targeted the Karada neighbourhood where the intelligence office, which also houses a police station, is located.
The attack came a day after a Shia armed group killed at least 73 Sunni Muslim worshipers at a village mosque in Diyala province, raising the prospect of revenge attacks as politicians try to form a government capable of countering the Islamic State group.
Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf, reporting from Erbil, said that latest bombing in Baghdad adds to the already “very volatile” security situation in the country.
An advance by Islamic State through northern Iraq has alarmed the Baghdad government and its Western allies. The US began airstrikes in Iraq for the first time since the withdrawal of its troops in 2011.
Although the air campaign has caused a few setbacks for Islamic State, they do not address the wider problem of sectarian warfare which the group has fueled with attacks on Shias.
Bombings, kidnappings and execution-style shootings occur almost daily, echoing the dark days of 2006-2007, the peak of a sectarian civil war.
