Suicide bomber kills at least 10 at Baghdad ice cream shop

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop, killing at least 10 people, security officials said on Tuesday.

The attack in the mainly Shia Muslim Karrada district in central Baghdad also wounded at least 30 people, officials said.

The Islamic State group-linked Amaq propaganda agency said the suicide bomber targeted a "gathering of Shiites."

ISIS has carried out many attacks on Shia, whom it regards as apostates.

According to officials, a crowd of people had broken their fast after sundown during Ramadan when the attacker struck.

The bomber struck just days after the start of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, during which Iraqis often stay out late shopping or socialising after breaking their daily fast.

Images and footage posted on social media showed the devastating impact of the blast, which ripped through the crowded area around Al-Faqma ice cream shop, scattering rubble across the street.

One photo showed cups of ice cream scattered on the blood-stained ground following the attack.

IS overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces backed by US-led air strikes have since regained much of the territory they lost and are now fighting to retake the last jihadist-held areas in second city Mosul.