Baghdad car bomb attack kills 19

At least 19 are dead after a car bombing in central Baghdad.

A man cleans the site of a car bomb in Baghdad

At least 19 are dead after a car bombing in Baghdad's central Karada district. (AAP)

The death toll in a car bomb attack in Baghdad's central Karada district has risen to 19, a health ministry official says.

Another 30 people were injured, said the official, who requested not to be named. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State.

A security source had previously said that at least nine had died in the blast.

In July, a car bomb attack in the mainly Shi'ite district cost some 292 lives, in the worst of the many bombings the city has suffered since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Many of the victims on that occasion had been shopping ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival that closes the holy month of Ramadan.

Iraqi President Fouad Massoum condemned Monday's attack as "a desperate attempt to arouse sectarian conflict."

Baghdad sees frequent deadly bombing attacks, most of which are thought to be carried out by Islamic State. They often target crowded locations such as markets and restaurants in Shi'ite areas as well as Shi'ite religious gatherings.

The radical Sunni militia regards Shi'ite Muslims as heretics.


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