AL-QAEDA in Iraq said it was responsible for a suicide overnight at Baghdad's Police Academy today, which killed at least 36 officers and students. "Two brothers targeted the police academy that continues to train dogs which feed off the blood and honour of Sunni Muslims," according to an internet statement by al-Qaeda Organisation in Iraq. It could not be immediately authenticated.| Does it need to be? |
Iraqi police said 37 people were killed and 76 wounded in the attack, while the Interior Ministry put the death toll at 36 with 72 wounded.