16 killed in Baghdad car bomb blasts

Two car bombs, one of them driven by a suicide attacker, exploded today at police stations in towns near Baghdad, killing at least 16 people, most of them policemen, US and Iraqi officials said.

The first blast happened in Baqouba, about 35 miles north-east of Baghdad. Minutes later, a suicide driver exploded his car at the gate of the police station in Khan Bani Saad, a crowded market town about 12 miles south of Baqouba on the road to Baghdad.