BAGHDAD: Islamic State said it was repsonsible for attacks on a shopping complex in eastern Baghdad on Monday that killed at least 18 people, a statement circulated online by supporters said.
The hardline Sunni militant group that controls large swathes of territory in northern and western Iraq said four of its fighters had targeted a gathering of “rejectionist heathens”, its derogatory term for Shi’ite Muslims.
(Reporting by Omar Fahmy; Writing by Stephen Kalin; Editing by Catherine Evans)
Reuters
