A powerful truck bomb blast has reportedly killed dozens of people
A powerful truck bomb blast has reportedly killed dozens of people and injured about 200 in Baghdad, reports say. The blast hit the Shia-dominated Sadr-City district of the Iraqi capital.
Reuters has given the highest numbers of casualties so far, at 60 dead and 200 injured.
Police official Muhsin al-Saedi said that a refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up inside the Jamila market at around 6am local time.
The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
