Citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Jan 8, 2017. An Iraqi official says a suicide bombing in a bustling commercial area in the Iraqi capital has killed several civilians. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
ISIS has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings in Baghdad that killed at least 23 people on Sunday.
One bomber blew his car up in a market in the Sadr City neighborhood, killing at least seven people and wounding 15 more. Brig. Gen. Saad Maan said soldiers had spotted the bomber and tried to stop him but failed.
In a separate attack, a bomber blew himself up at a market in a mostly Shiite neighborhood, killing nine people. Three more bombings killed a total of seven people.
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People gather at the scene of a suicide bombing in a crowded market, in the Baladiyat neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. A wave of attacks in and around Baghdad has killed at least 23 people, the latest in a series of assaults blamed on the Islamic State group. In one of the attacks, the Interior Ministry says a suicide car bomb ripped through a wholesale market in the sprawling Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, killing at least seven people and wounding 15. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Jan 8, 2017.An Iraqi official says a suicide bombing in a bustling commercial area in the Iraqi capital has killed several civilians (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Jan 8, 2017.An Iraqi official says a suicide bombing in a bustling commercial area in the Iraqi capital has killed at several civilians (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Jan 8, 2017.An Iraqi official says a suicide bombing in a bustling commercial area in the Iraqi capital has killed several civilians (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Jan 8, 2017. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
People gather at the scene of a suicide bombing in a crowded market, in the Baladiyat neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. A wave of attacks in and around Baghdad killed at least 23 people Sunday, the latest in a series of assaults blamed on the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Jan 8, 2017.An Iraqi official says a suicide bombing in a bustling commercial area in the Iraqi capital has killed several civilians (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Jan 8, 2017. An Iraqi official says a suicide bombing in a bustling commercial area in the Iraqi capital has killed several civilians (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Jan 8, 2017. An Iraqi official says a suicide bombing in a bustling commercial area in the Iraqi capital has killed several civilians. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Sunday, Jan 8, 2017. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
