Iraqi police academy bombed in Hilla

Hussain al-Haidari, an Iraqi journalist, told Aljazeera a booby-trapped Daewoo car exploded on Wednesday during a graduation ceremony at the police academy.

At least 25 people have been killed in Iraq in the latest series of attacks by insurgents.

Fighters have been mounting near-daily attacks on Iraqi security forces in many parts of the country ahead of the planned 30 January elections.

In the Baquba incident, north-east of Baghdad, at least six police were killed and 13 wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a security checkpoint.