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Khaldiyah (Iraq): A car bomb exploded today (Dec 14, 2003) at a police station in this town West of Baghdad, killing at least 17 people and injuring 33 others, a US military officer said.

A suicide bomber apparently carried out the attack, US Army Lt Col Jeff Swisher said.

An emergency room administrator at a hospital in the nearby city of Ramadi said there were 18 people killed in the blast and more than 20 injured. Many of the victims were police officers, said the hospital administrator, Haitham Bahar Taha.

The attack in Khaldiyah, about 80 kilometres West of Baghdad, occurred at 08:40 hours near the main police station, residents and the US military said.

No American soldiers were in the area when the bomb exploded.

US troops called to the scene immediately blocked off the area and two helicopters were seen hovering overhead.

Khaldiyah is located in the so-called Sunni Triangle West and North of the capital, where attacks against occupation troops and their Iraqi allies have been fiercest.

PTI

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