At least 86 dead in three Iraqi attacks

Iraqis look at the damage following a car bomb attack in Sadr City, a Shiite area north of the capital Baghdad, on May 11, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

BAGHDAD: Three car bombs in Baghdad, including a huge blast at a market in a Syiah area, have killed at least 86 people, the bloodiest day in the Iraqi capital this year.

The attacks yesterday – the deadliest of which was claimed by the Islamic State group – came with the government locked in a political crisis that some have warned could undermine the fight against the extremists.