A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of police recruits in Baquba north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 10 of them and wounding 26 others, an Interior Ministry source said.

"A suicide bomber wearing an explosive-belt blew himself up among a crowd of Iraqis in the recruitment center of the Rapid Reaction Police Force in Baquba," an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

"Our latest reports said that ten Iraqis were killed and 26 others wounded in the blast," the source said.

Ambulances rushed to the scene and evacuated several bodies and dozens of injured people to Baquba General Hospital.

Earlier reports said the bombing attack killed at least eight people and some 10 people injured.

It is the latest to strike the country's security forces.

On Monday morning, a suicide car bomber attacked a bus outside Iraq's Oil Ministry in eastern Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 30 others.

"A suicide bomber drove his explosive-packed car into a vehicle carrying oil ministry employees at about 8:00 a.m. (0400 GMT), killing seven employees and wounding 30 others," an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The employees were heading to work at the time of the blast.

Source: Xinhua