Iraq: Islamic State truck bomb kills scores in Baghdad market

1	An Iraqi woman grieves at the scene of the bomb attack.
2	Baghdad: At least 76 people were killed and 212 wounded on Thursday in a blast claimed by Islamic State in Baghdad's Sadr City, police and medical sources said, one of the biggest attacks on the capital since Haider al-Abadi became Prime Minister a year ago.
3	"A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up inside Jamila market at around 6am (1pm AEST)," police officer Muhsin al-Saedi said.
4	"Many people were killed and body parts were thrown on top of nearby buildings."
5	Civilians gather at the scene of the bomb attack in Jameela market.
6	A statement circulated online by supporters of Islamic State said the blast had targeted what it called a stronghold of the "charlatan army" and Shiite Muslim militias.
7	The market in the Shiite neighbourhood is one of the biggest in Baghdad selling wholesale food items.
8	A witness at the site saw fruit and vegetables mixed with shrapnel littering the blood-soaked blast crater.
9	Rescuers pulling bodies from the rubble stumbled over sheet metal that had formed the walls and roofs of vendors' stands as smoke rose from the debris.
10	The bomber struck one of the biggest wholesale markets in Baghdad.
11	People gathering at the scene cried and shouted the names of missing relatives as others cursed the government.
12	"We hold the government responsible, fully responsible," witness Ahmed Ali Ahmed said, calling on the authorities to dispatch the army and Shiite militias to man checkpoints in the capital.
13	Abadi took office in September last year following the army's collapse in the face of Islamic State's takeover of the northern city of Mosul that left the Baghdad government dependent on militias, many funded and assisted by neighbouring Iran, to defend the capital and recapture lost ground.
14	Survivors search through rubble at the scene of the attack.
15	Security forces and militia groups are fighting Islamic State in Anbar province, the sprawling Sunni heartland in western Iraq.
16	In Baghdad, Abadi has proposed sweeping reforms aimed at reducing corruption and patronage, the biggest changes to the political system since the end of US military occupation.