"A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up inside Jamila market at around 6 a.m. (0300 GMT)," said police office Muhsin al-Saedi. "Many people were killed and body parts were thrown on top of nearby buildings."
A Reuters witness at the site saw fruit and vegetables mixed with blood and body remains littering the blast crater. The market, in a northeastern suburb, is one of the largest wholesale food markets in the capital.
Abadi took office last summer following the army`s collapse in ISIL`s takeover of the northern city of Mosul, which left the Baghdad government dependent on the Shi`ite militias to defend the capital and recapture lost ground.
Security forces and militia groups are currently focused on routing the insurgents from the Anbar, the sprawling Sunni heartland in western Iraq.
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