Cover image via AlJazeeraIt was supposed to be a happy occasion for residents in Baghdad, Iraq, who were out celebrating Ramadan on, 3 July.
However, things took an ugly turn when two blasts ripped through busy market areas in Baghdad's central Karrada district.
Officials said that a suicide bomber struck shortly after midnight when families and young people were out on the streets after breaking their daylight fast for the holy month of Ramadan.
It was reported that a second bomb exploded later at an outdoor market in the Shaab neighbourhood of southeastern Baghdad.
According to international reports, the attacks killed at least 125 people, including 25 children and 20 women
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It was said to be the most deadliest attack in the capital this year
In the first six months of 2016, it was estimated that about 2,735 civilians were killed in Iraq, according to a [U.N. statistics](http://www.uniraq.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=5580:un-casualty-figures-for-iraq-for-the-month-of-april-2016&Itemid=633&lang=en).
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ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks
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Suicide car bombs were used in the attack, a tactic central to the organisation's operations
People inspect the site of a suicide car bomb in the Karrada shopping area, in Baghdad, Iraq.
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The deadly attacks came just over a week after the Iraqi army successfully dislodged ISIS from their stronghold of Falluja, an hour's drive west of the capital
Civilians carry the body of a victim killed in a car bomb at a commercial area in Karada neighborhood.
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Falluja was under ISIS control since January 2014.
