Many of the victims were blown to pieces and DNA forensics tests would be needed to identify them

  No group has claimed responsibility but police and senior officials have publicly ruled out any link to foreign militants.

  "It became clear with this incident again that terrorism is a global threat. This attack, targeting innocent people is a vile, planned...

  A Turkish official said the vast majority of those killed were Turkish nationals but foreigners were also among the dead.

  The Lebanese Red Cross said two people had suffered minor injuries in the blast, which took place around 8 p.m....

  There are fears that Baghdad could relapse into the bloodletting of a decade ago when sectarian-motivated suicide bombings killed...

Amaq news agency, which supports Islamic State, said the group's fighters were behind the attack.