Several dozen people were killed or injured in two bombings that hit a shopping area and a popular market in Baghdad in the early hours of Sunday as they celebrated Ramadan.

Several dozen people were killed or injured in two bombings that hit a shopping area and a popular market in Baghdad in the early hours of Sunday as they celebrated Ramadan.

ISIL claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb in the Karrada shopping area, in a statement circulated online by supporters of the terrorist group.

The car bomb blew up near a restaurant in Karrada, killing or wounding at least 280 people, local TV channel al-Sumariya channel said, citing police sources.

A video posted on social media showed a large blaze in main street of Karrada from the blast.

The second bombing hit al-Shaab, a district in the north of the Iraqi capital, leaving a number of martyrs, the station said.