Islamic State claims responsibility for Baghdad hotel bombs

Smoke rises from the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for bombings outside two heavily fortified five-star hotels in the Iraqi capital that killed 10 people.

In a statement, Islamic State said a suicide bomber called Abu Qutaiba had parked a car outside the Ishtar hotel in central Baghdad late on Thursday before driving another vehicle laden with 230 kg of explosives to the nearby Babylon hotel.