Baghdad Attack: Devastating Scenes of Carnage in Karada (Photos) - Viewer Discretion Advised!

The massive blast, the deadliest in Iraq this year, struck a crowded shopping street in the centre of the Iraqi capital.

More than 200 people have been killed in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, in a suicide bombing attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group.

The bomb early on Sunday struck a crowded shopping area in the Karada district in central Baghdad, as people were gathering on one of the last evenings of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Hundreds were also wounded in the powerful blast, and there were fears the death toll could rise even further as the bodies of some of the victims were still being pulled from the rubble of devastated buildings.

The massive bombing attack in Karada was the deadliest in Iraq so far this year.

People gather at the site of a suicide car bomb in the Karada shopping area in Iraq's capital, Baghdad [Khalid al Mousily/Reuters]

The death toll from the blast in Karada, a predominantly Shia neighbourhood in central Baghdad, rose to over 200 on Monday.

Hundreds were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives blew up in a busy shopping street filled with people after they had broken their fast.

People inspect the site of the suicide car bomb in the Karada.

There were fears the death toll could rise even further. 

Iraqi firefighters and civilians evacuate bodies of victims killed in the bomb attack. 

Many of the victims were women and children who were inside a multi-storey shopping and amusement mall. 

People light candles at the scene of the massive suicide attack in the busy commercial district where people were shopping for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday. 

Mourners during a funeral of a victim who was killed in the Karada bombing.

The bombing was the deadliest in the country this year and came after Iraqi forces late last month dislodged ISIL fighters from Fallujah.