Suicide car bomber hits Baghdad police HQ, 25 killed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 25 people, most of them
policemen, were killed when a suicide car bomber blew himself
up outside the headquarters of the Iraqi police’s major crimes
unit in Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said.

The ministry said the car bomber had stopped at the first
checkpoint and was having his vehicle checked for explosives
when he detonated the bomb.

Twenty-five people were killed, including at least 10
policemen, and 32 wounded, the ministry said.

Earlier, another police official said the car bomber had
driven at high speed into the checkpoint.

Sunni Arab insurgents fighting to topple the U.S.-backed
government target Iraqi security forces on a daily basis,
ambushing police and army patrols with car bombs and makeshift
explosives planted on the roadside.