World Bulletin / News Desk

At least four security officials were killed and five others injured Friday in a suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad, police said.

The vehicle was detonated near a car park in the Karrada neighborhood, according to Lieutenant Yasir Basim al-Tai from Baghdad Security Directorate.

He said the explosion damaged two vehicles including a parked police vehicle.

In October, the Iraqi army -- backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and local allies on the ground -- began a wide-ranging operation to retake Mosul, ISIL’s last bastion in northern Iraq, which the militant group overran in 2014.