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18 January 2011
Last updated at 03:48 ET
A suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people outside a police recruitment centre in the Iraqi town of Tikrit, officials say.
At least 20 other people were injured in the blast in the town, located some 80 miles (130 km) north of Baghdad.
The toll from this morning's blast was the highest from a single attack since the Baghdad church siege in October which killed more than 50 people.
Violence in Iraq has ebbed in recent years, but deadly attacks persist.
Tikrit is the hometown of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
The bomber - wearing a vest packed with explosives - was in the midst of around 100 volunteers who were waiting to be interviewed outside the building, witnesses said.
Overall violence in Iraq has fallen sharply since the height of the sectarian killings of 2006-07, but shootings and bombings remain a daily occurrence and insurgents frequently target Iraqi police recruits and security forces.
US forces formally ended their combat operations last August, ahead of a planned full withdrawal later this year.
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At least 20 other people were injured in the blast in the town, located some 80 miles (130 km) north of Baghdad.
The toll from this morning's blast was the highest from a single attack since the Baghdad church siege in October which killed more than 50 people.
Violence in Iraq has ebbed in recent years, but deadly attacks persist.
Tikrit is the hometown of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
The bomber - wearing a vest packed with explosives - was in the midst of around 100 volunteers who were waiting to be interviewed outside the building, witnesses said.
Overall violence in Iraq has fallen sharply since the height of the sectarian killings of 2006-07, but shootings and bombings remain a daily occurrence and insurgents frequently target Iraqi police recruits and security forces.
US forces formally ended their combat operations last August, ahead of a planned full withdrawal later this year.
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