An explosion in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad on Monday has exterminated at least 28 people and injured dozens, stated police and hospital sources.

The state news agency said an explosive device had been ignited.

Women and children were amongst the dead and some shops had seared down, a police source has claimed that more than 50 people were injured.

There was no instant prerogative of responsibility.

Hospital sources told the private news agency the death toll could increase as some of the injured were in a precarious state.

Iraq’s Security Media Cell said an investigation had been hurled.

Whereas, it was the third time a blast has hit Sadr in recent months, with the last one in June hurting 11 people.

On the contrary, a suicide attack by Daesh activists has killed at least 32 people in a Baghdad market in January.

Huge bomb attacks, once a practically daily incidence in the Iraqi capital, have paused in recent years since Daesh battalions were overpowered in 2017, part of a general development in security that has brought normal life back to Baghdad.