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Islamic State claims Baghdad car blast that killed 20


    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 neighbourhood.

    (Reporting By Stephen Kalin; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)