A suicide bomber killed 14 police recruits and two policemen in northern Iraq today, police said.
An attacker wearing a military uniform detonated an explosive vest near a police recruiting centre where about 200 applicants queued at Sinjar.
Ten police recruits and five police officers were wounded, police added.
After receiving information that there would be a suicide attack, town officials asked the police to halt recruiting but local people, driven by the need to find work, continued to queue up at the recruiting station.
Sunni insurgents have carried out frequent attacks on police recruits, killing hundreds.
A conference on rebuilding Iraq after years of conflict is currently being held in Stockholm, Sweden.
