A suicide bomber killed 35 people at a Baghdad police recruiting centre today as Iraq's prime minister announced a cabinet reshuffle in an apparent response to his government's failure to rein in sectarian violence.
The blast, claimed by an al-Qaeda-linked Sunni militant group, also wounded 58 people when a bomber wearing an explosive vest walked into a crowd of young men lining up outside a police commando recruiting centre in the west of the city.
It was the bloodiest attack in months against recruits hoping to join Iraq's fledgling security forces, a key part of Washington's plan for an eventual withdrawal of its troops.
In another incident, two bombs killed four Iraqis and injured ten others along a highway in eastern Baghdad.
A police chief said the bombs, which exploded within minutes of each other, had apparently targeted but missed an Iraqi police patrol.
Separately, 75 bodies were today found dumped in and near the Iraqi capital.
Elsewhere, four British troops were killed and three seriously injured in Basra when their patrol boat was hit by an explosive device.
Meanwhile, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who heads a six-month-old unity government of Shi'ites, Sunnis and ethnic Kurds, told a closed session of parliament he was unhappy about their performance and announced sweeping changes in the cabinet.
'The Prime Minister called for a complete ministerial reshuffle in accordance with the current situation,' his office said in a statement.
