Islamic State claims Baghdad car blast that killed 20

[July 23, 2015]  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants claimed responsibility on Thursday for a suicide car bombing in a mainly Shi'ite Muslim district of Baghdad that killed at least 20 people the day before.

In a statement posted online, the Sunni militant group said it had targeted a security checkpoint in the al-Shurta al-Rabaa neighborhood.

(Reporting By Stephen Kalin; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

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