BAGHDAD—A twin suicide bombing hit a police station in Baghdad’s westernmost suburb on Thursday, killing at least five policemen a day after a wave of attacks by the Islamic State group killed nearly a hundred people in the Iraqi capital.
The IS-claimed bombings were the deadliest in Baghdad this year, coming at a time of turmoil and deadlock in Iraq’s government and parliament. Funerals were underway Thursday for many of those who were killed in Wednesday’s bombings, which included a car bomb that struck a crowded outdoor market selling food, clothing and household goods in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City.
In Thursday’s attack, two suicide bombers hit the station in the western suburb of Abu Ghraib at dawn, according to a police officer.
The first bomber blew himself up at the station’s gate, followed by the second who detonated his explosives inside the building, the officer said. The explosion also left 12 policemen wounded.
