Baghdad  - At least 30 people were killed and 45 injured when a car exploded north of Baghdad, according to police sources.

A suicide bomber was driving the car near the police station in Dageel, 60 kilometers north of the Iraqi capital, police sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

The explosion took place near the city market, leaving many shops and parked cars nearby damaged.

Sources said that some of the dead were policemen and the rest were civilians. (dpa)