Jane Onyanga-Omara

USA TODAY

Three different car bombings in Baghdad Wednesday killed at least 93 people and wounded upwards of 165 in one of the deadliest days in Iraq this year, according to media reports.

One blast hit the northern area of Kadhimiya and the other went off in Jamia, in the west, the BBC reported.

The bombings came hours after at least 64 people were killed and dozens injured in the largest attack of the day — a car bombing in a market in a mainly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday.

The Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, claimed responsibility for all three attacks.

The vehicle detonated at the crowded market in the eastern area of Sadr City. ISIL has carried out a number of attacks in the area.

Reuters reported that an SUV was packed with explosives before exploding near a beauty salon at rush hour. Most of the victims were women, it said.

The BBC and CNN reported that at least 64 people were killed and at least 87 others were injured.

Iraq officials: Suicide bomb kills at least 13

Karim Salih, a 45-year old grocer, told the Associated Press that the bomb was in a pickup truck loaded with fruits and vegetables. He said a man parked it before quickly disappearing into the crowds.

“It was such a thunderous explosion that jolted the ground,” Salih was quoted by the AP as saying. He added: “The force of the explosion threw me for meters (yards) away and I lost conscious for a few minutes."

He said he was uninjured, but two of his workers were wounded.

ISIL also claimed a February twin suicide bombing in Sadr City that killed 70 people, Reuters reported. The Sunni extremist group considers Shiites apostates who have forsaken their religion.