WATCH: Aftermath of Baghdad explosion that killed three, wounded four

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraqi security forces announced that three people were killed and four injured in an explosion at a busy market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday.

Local witnesses at the scene told Kurdistan 24 that an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated under a vegetable vendor's stand, injuring at least three female shoppers.

The casualty numbers were released by Baghdad Operations Command, which coordinates security forces in the city and throughout Baghdad Province. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

The market, called Souq Moridi, is in a busy section of the sprawling and overcrowded Thawra District popularly known as Sadr City. The area is a stronghold of forces loyal to Muqtada al Sadr, the head of the political coalition that won the most votes in Iraq's May election, and is named after his father. 

Sadr, who often grabs headlines for his dramatic and often unexpected public announcements, has said he has the solution for the woes of Iraq nearly a year after the declaration of victory over the Islamic State (IS).

With his "Forty Points," released on Thursday, the influential Shia cleric calls on all factions to join his “Saving the Nation” alliance to remove “immoral people” from power and replace them with “brave, strong, and decisive” figures who can prosecute “the crooked.”

Months after Iraq's national parliamentary election was marred by allegations of fraud, a new government has yet to be formed, though parties have been in post-election negotiations since May.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s Nasr (Victory) Coalition claimed on Friday that, in a deal which includes Sadr’s Sairoon coalition, it had reached an agreement to lead the nation for the next four years. Rival parties, too, have made similar announcements in recent weeks.

Editing by John J. Catherine