Iraq's interior minister resigns after massive Baghdad bomb attack
Iraq's interior minister resigned on July 5 and said a deputy would take over his responsibilities, a few days after the deadliest of many car bombings in Baghdad since the 2003 US-led invasion.
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Mohammed Ghabban made the announcement at a news conference in Baghdad, a video of which was posted on his Facebook page.
His resignation will be official only if Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi approves it. Abadi's office had no immediate comment.
The death toll from a massive suicide bombing in Baghdad's central shopping district of Karrada on July 2 has reached 250, Iraq's Health Ministry said on July 5.
It was the worst single car bomb attack in Iraq since US forces toppled Saddam Hussein 13 years ago and deepened the anger of many Iraqis over the weak performance of the security apparatus.
