IS bombings kill at least 17 in Baghdad

Bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group have hit shopping areas in Shiite districts of the Iraqi capital, killing at least 17 people, security and medial officials say.

IS suicide bombers with explosive vests carried out the attacks in the Baghdad Jadida neighborhood in the east of the city and the Bayaa area in the south.

Iraqi security forces corner off the site of a suicide bomb attack at a market in the Baghdad Jadida neighborhood in the east of the capital on September 27, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR)

Officials say at least eight people were killed and 29 wounded in Baghdad Jadida, although some say the area was hit by a roadside bomb as well as a suicide bomber.

Another suicide bomber targeted the Bayaa, killing at least nine people and wounding 30, officials say.

— AFP