Press TV- At least 18 people have been killed and over 90 more injured in an ammunitions depot blast in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.


An Iraqi police source said�on Wednesday night�the incident took place�in Baghdad's Sadr City district, while ammunitions stored near a local mosque were being transferred to a car park.

"An arms depot exploded... The security forces have opened an inquiry to determine the cause," said a military source.

Earlier, a ministry spokesman described the blast as �a terrorist aggression on civilians.�

On May 16, at least eight people lost�their lives and dozens more sustained injuries when a powerful bomb blast ripped through a funeral near the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.

There�was�no immediate claim of responsibility�for the deadly attack, but such assaults�bear�the hallmarks of those carried out by remnants of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group.

On December 9, 2017, Iraq�s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the end of military operations against the Daesh terrorist group in the Arab country.

Daesh began a terror campaign in Iraq in 2014, overrunning vast swathes in lightning attacks.