BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber set off an explosives-packed car outside a Baghdad hospital on Friday, killing 31 people in the capital’s deadliest day in a month, amid a political crisis that has stoked tensions.

The attack also left 60 people wounded. The 11:00 am attack struck outside Zafraniyah hospital in east Baghdad as a funeral procession was transporting the bodies of a family who had been killed in the capital on Thursday.

Medical and security officials put the toll at 31 dead and 60 wounded. Eight security force officers and four women were among those killed.

Several nearby shops and houses were burned or destroyed, with many of their windows shattered, while an ambulance and multiple cars were completely burned out.

Helicopters flew overhead as a heavy security presence cordoned off the site of the explosion, while distraught witnesses screamed in anguish.