Funeral processions were held in Sadr City for the second day on Saturday, in honour of the more than 200 people who died during a deadly attack by Sunni insurgents on Thursday.
Ibrahim al-Jabiri, an official from radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's main office in Sadr City visited hospitals where some of the 257 people who were wounded in the attack are being treated.
He sharply criticised Iraq's government and its forces for failing to stop such attacks.
 "If there is terrorism there is no government. The government should be powerful and in control of the country to create safety for the Iraqi people."
Sadr City is the Shiite slum district of Baghdad.
Al-Jabiri later distributed small donations of cash in envelopes.
He also visited tents set up in Sadr City for families conducting funerals.
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