BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber blew himself up while standing in a line of recruits outside FallujahÂ’s police headquarters on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 30, in an attack aimed at discouraging Sunni Arabs from joining the force, police said. Thirteen of the dead were recruits and two policemen, said police 1st Lt. Omar Ahmed.The attack in Fallujah, a former insurgent stronghold 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, was part of an insurgent campaign against US efforts to bring more Sunnis into the police and army.
The bomber, dressed in civilian clothes, struck outside the entrance of the police building, police said. His hidden bomb exploded several minutes after he joined the crowd of recruits waiting to enter the building and apply for jobs, Ahmed said.