A car bomb in Baghdad has killed at least 48 people and injured dozens of others, according to medics.

The explosion ripped through Iraq's capital shortly before sunset on Thursday.

The car bomb claimed the lives of at least 48 people, and reportedly wounded more than 50 others, after exploding in the southwestern al-Bayaa neighborhood.

Officials speaking on the condition of anonymity said the bombing had targeted cars agents and dealers.

According to reports the bombing has been claimed by the so-called Islamic State. </s> A car bomb blast killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 45 others in a mainly Shi'ite district in southern Baghdad on Monday, police and medical sources said.

The explosion occurred on a busy commercial street in the Amil neighborhood, the sources said. </s> A car-bomb explosion has been reported in eastern Baghdad.

 

 Officials said at least 12 people were killed and 50 injured in the January 8 explosion in the mainly Shi'ite district of Jamila.

 

 There has been no claim of responsibility, although the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for several other attacks in Iraq in recent days. </s> At least 12 people have been killed and 50 injured in a car bomb explosion at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad, police said.

The blast took place in the mainly Shia district of Jamila, Reuters reported. Islamic State (Isis) claimed responsibility for the attack. In an online statement, the group said a suicide bomber detonated explosives.

Interior ministry spokesperson Saad Maan told AFP "A soldier at the gate of Jamila market opened fire on a suicide car bomber after noticing a suspect vehicle but the terrorist blew up his car."

Dozens of people have been killed in a wave of blasts in the Iraqi capital and other cities in recent weeks. Many of them have been claimed by Islamic State (Isis). </s> BAGHDAD: A car bombing on Monday evening in the Iraqi capital Baghdad killed at least 23 people and wounded 45, an interior ministry official told AFP.



The blast happened at 7:00 pm (1600 GMT) in the west of the city, he added. </s> A car bomb has struck Baghdad's southwestern al-Bayaa neighbourhood overnight, killing at and wounding dozens.

The death toll is at 48 and more than 50 people were injured according to the BBC.

Police and medical officials said the bombing targeted car dealerships.

Baghdad has been the scene of near daily bomb attacks claimed by ISIS in what is seen as an attempt to distract attention as the militants cede territory along front lines in northern and western Iraq.

No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. </s> Powerful blast kills at least nine people and wounds dozens in crowded street of mainly Shia suburb of Iraqi capital.

A suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck packed with explosives in northern Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least nine people, according to Iraqi officials.

Thirty others were wounded in the powerful blast in the Habibiya area, near Sadr City, a Shia majority neighbourhood in the Iraqi capital.

The explosion targeted a crowded street full of garages and used car dealers.

The attack came a day after a car bomb explosion in southern Baghdad killed at least four people.

The Iraqi capital was rocked by a wave of deadly suicide bombings during the first days of 2017 but relatively few explosions had been reported since.

IN PICTURES: Fighting the flames of ISIL in Iraq

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Wednesday's blast, but nearly all suicide attacks are claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) armed group.

In January 2, ISIL, which often targets crowded areas to maximise casualties, claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing that killed 39 people in a busy market in Sadr City.

ISIL is defending Mosul, its last major stronghold in Iraq, against a massive, four-month-old operation by an alliance of forces. </s> No fewer than 48 deaths have been recorded in Baghdad following a car bomb explosion in the Shia area of al-Bayaa in the south of the city. The explosion came from a car which was filled with explosives and parked near a car dealership in Shia. This is the third blast to occur in Baghdad in three days. The first car bomb attack occurred on Tuesday in the south of Baghdad while another attack on used-car dealers happened on Wednesday, killing 18 people.Asides the 48 people killed in today's bomb blast, security and medical sources say that over 50 people were injured.No sect has claimed responsibility for this latest attack. </s> Islamic State claims Baghdad car bomb attack that killed at least 13 people, injured 50

A car bomb blast has killed at least 13 people and injured 50 others at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad, police and medical sources said.

The explosion hit the mainly Shiite district of Jamila, the sources said.

Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan said a member of the security forces spotted the car bomber and opened fire, but was unable to prevent him from detonating his vehicle outside a wholesale market in Baghdad's sprawling Shiite district of Sadr City.

A series of attacks in the Iraqi capital and other cities in just over a week has killed dozens of people.

Several have been claimed by Islamic State, which is coming under increasing pressure from a US backed offensive in Mosul.

Mosul is Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq.

Commercial and public areas are among the militants' most frequent targets as they seek to undermine public confidence in the Government's ability to maintain security.
A car bomb explodes in a Shi'ite neighbourhood in Baghdad, killing at least 48 people. ISIL claimed responsibility for the bombing.