At least 200 people have been killed by a car bomb detonated in one of Baghdad’s busiest areas Sunday. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the improvised explosive device attack that has injured 195 people. It took place in an upscale neighborhood as families flooded the streets to celebrate the start of Eid al-Fitr holiday, which commemorates the end of Ramadan.
Shortly after the massive bombing in the affluent Karrada neighborhood, Iraqi officials reported another bombing in al-Shaab that killed four and wounded another 16 people, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The bombings are the first since ISIS lost control of Fallujah to Iraqi armed forces in a U.S.-led operation, which the group has controlled since 2014 and used to launch much of its armed attacks.
Sunday’s bombing in Baghdad follows several ISIS-coordinated and inspired attacks across the globe. A suicide bomber also led an attack near the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia on Monday, killing the attacker and wounding two security guards. Saudi Arabia is part of the U.S.-led coalition to fight ISIS in the Middle East.
More than 50 people were killed in an airport attack in Istanbul last week, which was the country’s seventh attack this month.
Suicide bombers targeting Lebanese Christians in late June killed dozens. Another attack in Jordan killed seven last month. ISIS also claimed responsibility for a series of bombings that killed more than 100 over three days in May.