BAGHDAD — The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a Baghdad mall attack that killed 18 people Monday. Gunmen stormed the Jawhara Mall after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at its entrance.
Iraqi officials say the attack, which lasted over an hour, also wounded 50 in the city’s mainly Shiite east.
A statement by Islamic State, also known as IS, posted online shortly after the attack, said a car bomb and four IS fighters carried out the attack, targeting an area where many Shiite Muslims are known to gather and warned of “worse” to come.
Iraqi officials said the attack was carried out by seven men, one of whom died when he detonated his explosive vest.
Iraqi forces soon surrounded the building and landed troops on the roof. They clashed with the attackers inside, killing two of them and arresting the other four.
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