First Big Suicide Attack in Baghdad for 3 Years Kills at Least 32

First Big Suicide Attack in Baghdad for 3 Years Kills at Least 32
Security forces work at the site of a deadly bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 21, 2021. Hadi Mizban/AP Photo
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BAGHDAD—ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for an attack in a crowded Baghdad market on Thursday, killing at least 32 people in Iraq’s first big suicide bombing for three years, authorities said, describing it as a possible sign of the reactivation of ISIS.

ISIS claimed early on Friday that two of its men blew themselves up in Tayaran Square in the centre of Baghdad, according to a statement posted on the group’s Telegram communications channel.