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Published 04 Jul, 2016 06:31pm

Iraq mourns as Baghdad bleeds

AFP | AP | Reuters

Iraqis mourn for three days after a suicide attack in a busy Baghdad shopping district claimed by the militant Islamic State group killed over 200 people and left more than 200 others injured.

The attack, one of the deadliest militant attacks Iraq has seen, came a week after Iraqi forces recaptured Fallujah from IS, leaving Mosul as the only Iraqi city under IS control.

The suicide car bombing ripped through a crowded shopping area and sparked infernos in nearby buildings as crowds of people watched from the rubble-filled street.

The blast hit the Karrada district early Sunday as the area was packed with shoppers ahead of this week's holiday marking the end of Ramazan.

A member of the civil defence forces said it would take "a number of days" to recover the bodies of the victims.

Mourners react during a funeral of a victim who was killed in a suicide car bomb in the Karrada shopping area in Baghdad, during the funeral in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq, July 3, 2016. ─ Reuters

Iraqi security forces and civilians gather at the site after a car bomb hit Karada, a busy shopping district in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 3, 2016. ─ AP

An Iraqi Man looks for victims at the site of a car bomb attack at a commercial area in Karada neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 3, 2016. ─ AP

Iraqis evacuate a body from the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group on July 3, 2016 in Baghdad's central Karrada district. ─ AFP

An Iraqi man mourns in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf during the funeral procession for the victims of a suicide bombing that ripped through Baghdad's busy shopping district of Karrada on July 3, 2016. ─ AFP

Iraqi women stand on July 4, 2016 at a site barricaded with a security red tape in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood a day after an attack took place. ─ AFP

Iraqis react as they visit the aftermath of a massive bombing in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood on July 4, 2016. ─ AFP

Iraqis mourn after they lost five members of their family in a suicide bombing that ripped through Baghdad's busy shopping district of Karrada, during the funeral of the victims in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf on July 3, 2016. ─ AFP

Iraqi men mourn over bodies after they lost five members of their family in a suicide bombing that ripped through Baghdad's busy shopping district of Karrada, during their funeral in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf on July 3, 2016. ─ AFP

Iraqis react as they visit the aftermath of a massive bombing in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood on July 4, 2016. ─ AFP

Iraqi women walk past a damaged building at the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group on July 3, 2016 in Baghdad's central Karrada district. ─ AFP

An Iraqi woman grieves at the scene of a deadly suicide a car bomb at a commercial area in Karada neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 3, 2016. ─ AP

Residents light candles at the site after a suicide bombing in the Karrada shopping area, in Baghdad, Iraq July 3, 2016. ─ Reuters

An Iraqi woman whose flat was destroyed in a massive bombing in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood reacts as she visits the aftermath of the attack on July 4, 2016. ─ AFP

Firemen hose down a burning building as civilians gather after a suicide car bomb occurred in the Karrada shopping area in Baghdad, Iraq July 3, 2016. ─ Reuters

Candles are seen at the site after a suicide bombing in the Karrada shopping area, in Baghdad, Iraq July 3, 2016. ─ Reuters

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