In Iraq, Islamic State group claims it bombed Sunni suburb of mostly Shiite city of Basra

Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb explosion in Husseiniya, about 13 miles (20 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Iraqi officials say a series of car bombings across Iraq Monday killed and wounded dozens of people.(AP Photo/ Karim Kadim) (The Associated Press)

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Shop owners clean up debris in the aftermath of a deadly car bomb explosion in a busy commercial district of al-Zubair, a suburb of the predominantly Shiite city of Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Iraqi officials say a series of car bombings across Iraq Monday killed and wounded dozens of people. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the car bombing in al-Zubair that killed at least 10 people on Monday. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani) (The Associated Press)

Shop owners clean up debris and inspect the aftermath of a deadly car bomb explosion in a busy commercial district of al-Zubair, a suburb of the predominantly Shiite city of Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Iraqi officials say a series of car bombings across Iraq Monday killed and wounded dozens of people. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the car bombing in al-Zubair that killed at least 10 people on Monday. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani) (The Associated Press)

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a car bombing in Iraq's southern, predominantly Shiite city of Basra that killed at least 10 people the day before.

IS says in a statement posted on a Twitter account linked to the group that it carried out Monday's attack in Basra's southwest suburb of al-Zubair, targeting Shiites. The Sunni-dominated al-Zubair is located 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of Basra.

The attack was part of a series of bombings across Iraq that killed at least 56 people.

The Associated Press could not immediately verify the authenticity of the statement, but its language and phrasing is consistent with past IS claims of responsibility.

IS controls large swaths of Iraq's north and west, including its second-largest city of Mosul and most of Anbar province.

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