Death toll rises to 20 in Baghdad suicide bombing

A suicide bomber detonated his car today as a group of police recruits left their academy in Baghdad, killing 20 in the latest strike on security officials.

Police said the suicide bomber was waiting on the street outside the fortified academy near the Interior Ministry headquarters in an eastern neighbourhood in the Iraqi capital. As the crowd of recruits left the compound’s security barriers and walked into the road, police said the bomber drove toward them and blew up his car.