At least 27 people were killed Thursday in two separate car bombings in the Baghdad area, according to media reports.
At least 15 civilians were killed and around 35 injured when a car bomb exploded in a commercial area of New Baghdad, a Shiite area in the east of the Iraqi capital, the Associated Press reported. The Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, claimed responsibility.
In another incident, seven civilians and five soldiers were killed in a suicide car bombing at an army checkpoint in Taji, about 12 miles north of of Baghdad, the AP reported. It said at least 28 people were wounded. Reuters reported that at least 70 people were injured in both incidents.
Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the Taji blast.
Hundreds of people have been killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad in recent weeks. ISIL claimed responsibility for a number of the attacks, including three separate car bombings on May 11 that killed at least 93 people and wounded more than 150.
