(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-04-04 17:08

BAQUBA - A bomber detonated his explosive-filled vest in a crowd of people at a funeral in Iraqi province of Diyala on Friday, killing at least 20 people, local police officers told AFP.

US soldiers take cover behind a wall as a cloud of smoke rises from an explosion of ordinances found while on patrol in the restive Diyala province last month. Also in Diyala. [Agencies]

The chief of security operations in Diyala, Major General Abdul Karim al-Rubaiye, said 20 people were killed in the attack on the funeral of a policeman in the town of Al-Sadiyah, northeast of the provincial capital Baquba.

"At least 20 people were killed and many injured," Rubaiye told AFP.

Police Lieutenant Ahmed Ali said at least 23 people were wounded.