A damaged car is seen at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion in Iraq’s capital of Baghdad, on May 2, 2016 [Xinhua]Brazil has condemned the bombings that occurred since last weekend in Iraq, which resulted in the death of at least 68 people.
“Brazil follows with concern the escalation of sectarian violence that comes amid the aggravation of the political crises in the country,” said a Brazilian Foreign Ministry statement on Monday.
“The Brazilian Government conveys its feeling of solidarity and its deepest condolences to the families of the victims, to the people and the Government of Iraq, specially in view of the repeated attacks that victimize innocent people, and reiterates its strong condemnation to all acts of terrorism,” the statement added.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two suicide car bombs in the center of the southern Iraqi city of Samawa on Sunday.
The UN Iraq Mission says at least 741 Iraqis were killed and another 1,374 were hurt in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in the month of April.
The US military claims on April 30, coalition military forces conducted 26 strikes against the Islamic State terrorist group in coordination with the Iraqi government.
The quota-based governing system put in place by the United States at the time is being challenged by hundreds of protesters who camped out on Saturday in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone after storming the parliament building.
Many of these are supporters of influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who have been protesting against corruption.
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