Iraq gun and bomb attacks hit Baghdad and Baquba
At least 15 people have been killed in a suicide attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
A bomber wearing a suicide vest blew himself up near the entrance to the Iraqi Police Academy in the east of the city. 21 were injured in the attack.
Also on Sunday, deadly attacks were reported in and around the city of Baquba, to the north of Baghdad.
Four police informants were killed by suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen in the centre of Baquba, local police told AFP.
Gunmen also attacked a checkpoint in Abu Khamis, north of Baquba, killing one policeman and two members of the Sahwa (Awakening) militia, according to AFP.
'Cars set ablaze'
The attack at the Iraqi Police Academy is the deadliest attack in the capital for weeks.
Most of the dead are believed to have been new recruits to the police force.
"I can see body parts scattered on the ground and boots and berets covered with blood," a policeman working at the academy told Reuters.
"Many cars were set ablaze," he added.
The academy has been targeted in two previous attacks, in 2005 and 2009. Al-Qaeda said it had carried out both attacks.
A  in the Iraqi capital Baghdad yesterday has killed at least eighteen people, all of whom were either police officers or cadets.  has cited the death toll as nineteen. At least 26 injuries have also been reported as a result of the incident.

According to police, the perpetrator detonated his car as police recruits exited the security barriers of a compound in the north-east of the city. A policeman informed '''' of sighting "body parts scattered on the ground and boots and berets covered with blood" at the scene, as well as various vehicles burning.

As of yet, no group has accepted responsibility for the suicide bombing. However, Al-Qaeda characteristically uses attacks of this nature, according to ''''.

This attack is reportedly the deadliest in the country since 31 individuals were killed on January 27 as the result of a suicide bomb attack outside a Baghdad hospital, in which a vehicle filled with explosives was detonated.