A general view shows destruction the day after a suicide bombing targeting a checkpoint at a main southern entrance to Baghdad, on March 30, 2017 (AFP Photo/KHALIL AL-MURSHIDI)

Baghdad (AFP) - At least 14 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at an entrance to Baghdad, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said Thursday. They say more than 40 people were injured when the bomber detonated the vehicle - an oil tanker laden with explosives - at the checkpoint in the south of the capital. • Car bomb attack kills at least 23, injures dozens in Iraq’s capital
• Car bomb hits Iraq's Tikrit, kills at least seven

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, but such incidents are usually claimed by the Daesh terrorist group, which is battling against Iraqi troops in Mosul, its last bastion in the country.
A car bomb attack on a police checkpoint in Baghdad kills at least 15 people and injures 40 others.