Bomb blast in northern Baghdad kills at least 22 Iraqis

The death toll from a bomb blast in a northern district in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad has risen to 22 with at least 30 others injured as Takfiri-fueled violence leads to another bloody day in the country.

The attack occurred on Monday when a terrorist blew up his explosives at a mourning procession in a tent in the mainly Sunni Taji area, located about 22 kilometers (12 miles) north of Baghdad.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, but it bore all the hallmarks of the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.

Elsewhere, in the northern town of Ishaqi, around 170 kilometers north of Baghdad, several Shia volunteer forces and Iraqi policemen, including a commander, were killed in an explosion.

They were searching a house for a suspected extremist militant when hidden explosives went off.

The blasts came after nearly 40 people lost their lives on December 24 in a bombing south of the Iraqi capital. The ISIL Takfiri militants claimed responsibility for the attack.

The ISIL controls some parts of Syria and Iraq. The extremist group has engaged in crimes against humanity in the areas under its control, including mass murdering local civilians as well as captured army and security officers while terrorizing people from diverse communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians.

Despite the US establishment of an international coalition to help defeat the foreign-backed terror group, the airstrikes conducted by the coalition against the armed elements have proven quite ineffective, failing to dislodge them from their positions.