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Toll from IS-claimed bombing in Iraq rises to 56

BAGHDAD – The Latest on the conflict in Iraq (all times local):

7:20 p.m.

Iraqi officials say the death toll from a car bomb south of Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group has risen to 56, including 20 Iranians.

Hospital and police officials say Thursday’s attack at a gas station near the city of Hilla wounded another 45 people.

The Islamic State group claimed the attack, saying it was a suicide truck bomb.