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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Iraq suicide cyclist kills 28 in Baghdad AFP - Monday, March 9 BAGHDAD (AFP) - - A suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up killing at least 28 people and wounding 58 more outside a police academy in the Iraqi capital on Sunday in the bloodiest attack in weeks, officials said. ADVERTISEMENT The bomber activated his explosive vest as he ploughed into the crowd on busy Palestine Street in central Baghdad, an interior ministry official told AFP. "The death toll has reached 28 dead and 58 wounded. The majority of the dead were police or recruits," the official said. An AFP photographer at Baghdad's Al-Kindi hospital said many of the casualties he saw had serious injuries. The victims were taken to three hospitals in the city. Police academies across Iraq have come under repeated attack as Al-Qaeda and other insurgents continue to target security forces around the country. Fifteen people died and more than 45 were wounded in two blasts at the Baghdad academy on December 1. It is located in a high security area which includes the interior, oil and irrigation ministries as well as army and national police compounds. In August, 25 Iraqis, most applicants to the police force, died in a suicide bombing at a recruiting centre in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. Security had been stepped up at the Baghdad academy to try to prevent further attacks and access to the building is intended to be only on foot through checkpoints. Men are obliged to open their shirts to show they are not carrying weapons or explosives as they approach. Palestine Street had been closed to vehicles for security reasons for two years. However one lane reopened late last year with no stopping allowed. Dozens of candidates gather at the academy on days when the police authorities announce a recruitment drive. They queue up to pick up application forms. The latest attacks come at a critical time for the new government which has seen the death tolls drop dramatically in Iraq since late 2007. The improved security has brought a fragile stability that helped US President Barack Obama announce an end to combat operations in Iraq within 18 months. US counter-terrorism and training forces numbering up to 50,000 will remain in the country until a full withdrawal by the end of 2011. However, attacks remain common in the capital, in confessionally divided Diyala province and around the main northern city of Mosul, which is split between Sunni Arabs, Christians and Kurds. On Thursday, a truck bomb killed 10 people and wounded more than 50 at a crowded livestock market near Hilla, a mainly Shiite provincial capital south of Baghdad. The blast in the town of Al-Medhatiaya was the deadliest single attack in the country since a suicide bomber killed 35 pilgrims heading to the shrine city of Karbala south of Baghdad in February. Some 258 Iraqis were killed in violence last month, a sharp rise from the previous month that saw the lowest casualty figures since the US-led invasion of March 2003, according to government statistics. The February death toll was up 35 percent on January's total of 191, which was the lowest figure since 2003. The increase was in part attributable to the bloody February 13 suicide bombing in Iskandiriyah. In total, more than 50 people died in a spate of attacks during the Shiite commemorations for Arbaeen, which mark 40 days after the Ashura anniversary of the killing of Imam Hussein by Sunni caliph Yazid's armies in AD 680. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World Soldiers mutiny in MadagascarAFP - 9 minutes ago Israel's ex-president to be indicted for rapeAFP - 26 minutes ago White House announces three Treasury picksAFP - 41 minutes ago GOP official: No more money for GM without planAP - 49 minutes ago US accelerates troop withdrawal from IraqAFP - 50 minutes ago Enlarge Photo A suicide bomber on a bicycle has killed at least 28 people and wounding 58 more outside a police academy in Baghdad. Most Popular – World Viewed Russian media teases Clinton over 'reset' button Bleak jobs report dampens hopes for US recovery 651,000 jobs lost as US hits 25-year jobless high Zimbabwe PM hurt, wife killed in car crash: party Business groups slam German nationalisation bill View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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