More than 90 killed in three Iraq car bomb attacks

The so-called Islamic State have claimed responsibility for all three car bomb attacks that have killed over 90 people in Baghdad.

The coordinated attacks in both Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim areas marked the bloodiest day in the Iraqi city this year and authorities are fearing the death toll will rise.

A crowded market in Sadr City during the morning rush hour was struck first, followed by a car bomb that hit the entrance to the Kadhimiya District, whilst a third targeted a commercial thoroughfare in the western part of the city.

It is being reported that among the victims were a group of women visiting a beauty parlour, preparing for a wedding.

ITV News correspondent Dan Rivers reports:

The commander of the combined joint forces in Iraq has called the recent bombings in Baghdad "desperate acts".

Speaking during a Pentagon briefing from Arlington, Virginia, US Major General Gary Volesky said: "As the enemy loses more and more terrain they resort to some of these desperate acts."

Major General Volesky also sent his condolences to the families who were affected by the bombings, but also denied suggestions the US would now leave Iraq:

A third car bomb has killed 'at least seven' people in Baghdad, according to police sources.

The most recent explosion took place in a commercial thoroughfare in the western district of the city, which is predominantly Sunni, and wounded a further 20 people.

Hours earlier, a car bomb targeted a crowded market in Sadr City during the morning rush hour, which was followed by an attack in the mostly Shi-ite Muslim district of Kadhimiya.

The so-called Islamic State have claimed it was behind the Sadr City attack.

A second car bomb in Baghdad has killed 15 and injured 33, according to police.

The attack was at the entrance to the city's Kadhimiya District and comes just hours after 60 people were killed in the Iraqi city of Sadr City.