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The Latest: Iraq’s interior minister resigns after bombing

Mourners carry the Iraqi flag-draped coffin of, Akram Hadi, 24, in a Sunday massive truck bomb attack in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Iraqi officials say that more dead bodies have been recovered from the site of the weekend suicide bombing in central Baghdad, bringing the death toll to over 170. The staggering figure is announced as Iraqis mourn and prepare for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr under the pall of one the worst bombings in 13 years of war. An Islamic State suicide bomber struck Baghdad's bustling commercial area of Karada early on Sunday when many residents were out before the start of the dawn fast. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Mourners carry the Iraqi flag-draped coffin of, Akram Hadi, 24, in a Sunday massive truck bomb attack in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Iraqi officials say that more dead bodies have been recovered from the site of the weekend suicide bombing in central Baghdad, bringing the death toll to over 170. The staggering figure is announced as Iraqis mourn and prepare for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr under the pall of one the worst bombings in 13 years of war. An Islamic State suicide bomber struck Baghdad's bustling commercial area of Karada early on Sunday when many residents were out before the start of the dawn fast. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Mourners carry the Iraqi flag-draped coffin of, Akram Hadi, 24, in a Sunday massive truck bomb attack in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Iraqi officials say that more dead bodies have been recovered from the site of the weekend suicide bombing in central Baghdad, bringing the death toll to over 170. The staggering figure is announced as Iraqis mourn and prepare for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr under the pall of one the worst bombings in 13 years of war. An Islamic State suicide bomber struck Baghdad's bustling commercial area of Karada early on Sunday when many residents were out before the start of the dawn fast. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

BAGHDAD (AP) – The Latest on the aftermath of Sunday’s Islamic State bombing in Baghdad (all times local):

5:30 p.m.

Iraq’s interior minister says he submitted his resignation in the wake of Sunday’s devastating suicide bombing in central Baghdad, which killed at least 175 people.

Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban told reporters Tuesday that the government “has failed in having the different array of security forces work under a unified plan in Baghdad.”

He says Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has not yet accepted his resignation.