AN explosion at a police station in western Iraq yesterday killed 16 policemen and two civilians, including a seven-year-old girl, and wounded 33 more, the US military said.

A suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car outside a police station this morning west of Baghdad, killing at least 17 people and wounding 33 more, the US military said.

A car bomb exploded this morning at a police station in this town west of Baghdad, killing 12 people and wounding 19 more, Iraqi police said.