[국제]Suicide bombing in Iraq ahead of Pope’s visit… more than 140 casualties

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More than a month before Pope Francis’ visit, a series of suicide bombings in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, killed or injured more than 140 people.

Iraqi military authorities say it is the Islamic State of IS.

Reporter Kim Hyung-geun on the report.

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The Bob Al-Sharki region in central Baghdad, Iraq.

Bloody clothes and shoes are scattered throughout the streets.

The terrible suicide bombing occurred on the 21st of the local time,

A terrorist in a bomb vest shouted in the middle of the market for sickness, summoned people and detonated himself.

Another terrorist exploded a bomb this time as people around him flocked to help the victims.

[사자드 / 테러 목격자 : 한 사람이 다가와 땅에 엎드려서 배가 아프다고 한 뒤 폭탄을 터뜨렸어요. 사람들은 갈기갈기 찢겼고 많은 사람이 죽었습니다.]

Dozens of people were killed and more than 100 people were injured in this terrorist attack.

It has been three years since 2018 that a suicide bombing took place in central Baghdad.

At that time, terrorism broke out in almost similar places, killing dozens of people.

Iraqi military authorities say it was the work of the extremist terrorist group “Islamic State.”

[카드힘 살만 / 바그다드 민방위국장 : 공식적인 선언은 없었지만 이번 테러의 배후에는 분명 테러조직 IS가 있을 겁니다.]

IS, which once occupied one-third of Iraq’s land, was pushed out of Iraq in late 2017 by coalition forces.

However, the IS remnants are terrorizing in Iraq and Syria, aiming to recover.

In particular, the terrorist attacks have occurred more than a month before Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq, raising concerns about personal safety.

This is YTN Kim Hyung-geun.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]

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