BAGHDAD: Two suicide bombers targeted a key police commando base in western Baghdad on Sunday, killing 35 young men waiting to join the force, as other bombs also exploded in and around the Iraqi capital.
The pair blew themselves up as potential recruits gathered at the Iraqi National Police base in Qadissiyah neighbourhood, according to security officials who said the toll was expected to rise.
At least 60 more were wounded in the morning attack.
Insurgents regularly target Iraq's fledgling security forces, often bombing recruitment drives as the government and US forces continue trying to boost their capability.
The suicide attacks came just hours after twin bombings, including a car bomb, killed another four civilians in central Baghdad today and wounded 10 others.
The twin assault, on a major highway near the city centre, was a virtual repetition of an attack yesterday at a market in Baghdad's Hafidh al-Qadi area -- with a car bomb followed by a roadside bomb.
South of Baghdad, in Radwaniyah, a roadside bomb destroyed a civilian car killing three people, while a car bomb near a school in Yusifiyah southwest of the capital killed three and wounded 15.
Another car bomb left one civilian dead and wounded five in eastern Baghdad's Karrada district.
The latest wave of attacks came a day after an ambush on three minibuses resulted in the death of one person and the kidnapping of a dozen passengers by gunmen.
