(3 Jul 2016) Emergency services workers were still removing bodies from a blast site in Iraq on Sunday, six hours after the explosion.
The Karada area of the capital Baghdad was one of two areas of the city hit by blasts in the early hours of Sunday morning.
At least 23 people were killed and 61 injured in the double explosions, according to hospital and police officials.
The bombings came near the end of the holy month of Ramadan when the streets were filled with young people and families out after sundown.
In the first attack, a car bomb exploded in the Karada district, killing 18 people and wounding 45.
Shortly afterward, an improvised explosive device went off in eastern Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 16.
The officials who provided the casualty figures spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in the Karada district in a communique distributed on Telegram and Twitter, according to the SITE Intelligence Group which monitors jihadi online activity.
The communique said a suicide car bomber targeted Shiites.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the second bombing.
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