Attacks across Iraqi capital kill 15 people, wound over 50

September 02, 2016 21:27

A series of attacks across Baghdad, including an explosion at a weapons warehouse that set off munitions and sent a huge plume of smoke over the Iraqi capital, killed 15 people and wounded over 50 today, according

to Iraqi officials.

The attacks underscore the poor security situation in the Iraqi capital, which has been subject to several recent large-scale attacks, including a July shopping center bombing that killed nearly 300 people.

At least three rockets landed in eastern Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 15, police officials said.

The rockets that hit eastern Baghdad appear to have been set of by a blast at a weapons storage facility, according to a police official.

An Associated Press reporter at the scene said members of the powerful Shiite militia group Asaib Ahl al-Haq were present at the scene of the attack. Police officials say it is unclear which powerful Shiite militia the weapons store belonged to.

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