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		</div><p>A suicide car bombing has killed at least 15 civilians in a commercial area of a Shiite neighbourhood in Baghdad, according to officials.</p>
<p>Police said the explosion in the New Baghdad district of the Iraqi capital also wounded up to 35 civilians. Officials said the explosives-laden car was parked in a crowded area and the toll could rise.</p>
<p>A medical official confirmed the casualty figures.</p>
<p>Islamic State claimed the attack in a statement on a militant website commonly used by the extremist group, saying it targeted Shiite militia members.</p>
<p>IS, a Sunni extremist group, often targets Iraq&#8217;s Shiite majority. Baghdad has seen near-daily attacks in recent weeks, though the mainly Shiite area of southern Iraq has been spared much of the violence.</p>
<p>The attacks in Baghdad and beyond are seen by Iraqi officials as an attempt by the militants to distract the security forces&#8217; attention from the front lines.</p>
<p>The attacks came a day after Iraqi special forces pushed into the IS-held city of Fallujah in a large-scale military operation launched last month.</p>
<p>Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, is one of the last major IS strongholds in western Iraq.</p>
<p>The extremist group still controls territory in the country&#8217;s north and west, as well as Mosul, Iraq&#8217;s second largest city.</p>
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