ISIS release shocking video of double suicide blast which killed 27 in Baghdad marketplace
A video released by ISIS shows the moment two suicide bombs were detonated on New Year's eve.
The horrific clip from the streets of Iraqi capital Baghdad captured people fleeing after the large explosion that targeted a popular al-Sinak outdoor market.
Flames and smoke can be seen billowing into the air after members of the Sunni terror faction detonated in the predominantly Shiite area.
Authorities say 27 people were killed and more than 50 people were wounded in the two blasts .
ISIS claim the attack as a 'martyrdom operation' via its propaganda news agency Amaq.
'Twin terrorist attacks were carried out by suicide bombers in Al-Sinek neighbourhood,' said an official from the Baghdad operations command.
The early-morning bombs exploded beside car parts shops. There are market stalls also selling food, clothes, seeds and other machinery in the market.
Pedestrians were walking normally in the area before the bombs were detonated
Flames and smoke billow into the air after the blasts that left 27 people dead and over 50 wounded
Another terror claimed attack killed seven people at a police checkpoint in southern Iraq on Sunday.
Gunmen wearing suicide vests and driving an explosives-laden vehicle opened fire on the checkpoint near the town of Qadisiyah, which lies around 110 miles south of Baghdad.
Devastation: Much of the market was destroyed in the twin suicide attack
'The security forces fought back, killing the attackers and blowing up the car,' an interior ministry statement said.
A police official said first a roadside bomb exploded before a suicide bomber detonated his device amid the crowd that had gathered.
No terror faction has claimed responsibility for the attack as yet.