Summary The blast hit the Sadr City area at around 10 am (0700 GMT).
BAGHDAD (AFP) - The Islamic State group said one of its suicide bombers carried out an attack near a market in Baghdad Wednesday, as officials raised the death toll to at least 52.
IS said in an online statement that a bomber identified as "Abu Sulaiman al-Ansari" detonated the car bomb in Sadr City, a Shia area of north Baghdad
The blast, which hit the Sadr City area at around 10 am (0700 GMT), also wounded 54 people, the officials said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State group often carries out bombings in Baghdad and elsewhere, especially targeting ShiaMuslims, whom it consider heretics.
Iraqi forces have regained significant ground from IS, which overran swathes of territory north and west of Baghdad in 2014.
But the militants still control a large part of western Iraq, and are able to carry out frequent bombings in government-held areas.
