Three bombs have been detonated around the Iraqi capital Baghdad killing as many as 25 people and wounding scores.<br /><br />A number of those killed were Shi’ite Muslims on an annual pilgrimage to the city.<br /><br /> Shiite pilgrims among 14 killed in fresh Baghdad blasts https://t.co/WhCZUhcw4O #news #World pic.twitter.com/NzWlL301Kc— Indian 24 News (indian24news) May 2, 2016<br /><br />The biggest explosion happened when a car bomb was detonated in the Saydiya district of southern Baghdad, which left 11 dead.<br /><br /> Three bomb blasts kill at least 14 in Baghdadhttps://t.co/y53QtOKxsG pic.twitter.com/i8nExcm9Lg— TRT World (trtworld) May 2, 2016<br /><br />ISIL has claimed responsibility for the bloodshed. <br /><br />The latest explosions came two days after at least 23 people lost their lives and dozens of others sustained injuries in a car bomb attack that targeted a group of Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad’s southeastern neighborhood of Nahrawan on Saturday morning.
