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Bomb Blasts at Baghdad Mall Kill 12


Iraqi security forces clean up a site in the aftermath of a bomb explosion near a shopping mall in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 10, 2016.
Iraqi security forces clean up a site in the aftermath of a bomb explosion near a shopping mall in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 10, 2016.

Two bomb blasts outside a shopping mall in Baghdad have killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens of others.

Iraqi security officials say at least one of the explosions that struck just before midnight Friday was caused by a suicide bomber.

The Islamic State group has been blamed for the attack.

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