Baghdad - A suicide attacker disguised as a soldier has detonated a vest of explosives he was wearing in Iraq's Baquba city, US forces said in a statement on Thursday.

The man detonated the vest with 9 kilograms of explosives in an army settlement in northern Baquba, some 60 kilometres north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

No casualties were reported in the explosion which is currently under investigation. (dpa)