Suicide bombers kill 36 in string of attacks across Iraq

A STRING of suicide attacks aimed at Iraqi security forces killed at least 36 people and wounded 19 more in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday, the US military and police officials said.

The first attack happened at a police headquarters in Mosul at 6.15am killing 13 policemen and two civilians and wounding six more, said US Army Captain Mark Walter, a spokesman in Mosul. Earlier reports put the death toll at six.

A suicide bomber who hid explosives beneath watermelons in a pickup truck slammed into the headquarters, police and hospital officials said.