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At least 20 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a police recruitment centre in the Iraqi city of Falluja, police say. | At least 20 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a police recruitment centre in the Iraqi city of Falluja, police say. |
Dozens more people were wounded in the attack, which occurred at about 1100 (0700 GMT). | Dozens more people were wounded in the attack, which occurred at about 1100 (0700 GMT). |
Falluja lies west of Baghdad in Anbar province, an area that has seen heavy fighting between US and Iraqi forces and Sunni Arab insurgents. | Falluja lies west of Baghdad in Anbar province, an area that has seen heavy fighting between US and Iraqi forces and Sunni Arab insurgents. |
Police recruitment centres have been a regular target of insurgent attacks. | Police recruitment centres have been a regular target of insurgent attacks. |
Police said the bomber was wearing an explosives vest and had passed through several checkpoints when the device was detonated among a crowd of police recruits, the Associated Press news agency said. | |
Ten policemen are reported to have been killed. |