At least 25 people have been killed in a car bombing in the front of an Iraqi army base as potential new recruits gathered, officials say.
The suspected suicide bombing in the town of Taji, 15 miles north of the capital Baghdad, was the deadliest single attack in the country since July.
More than 40 other people were hurt in the explosion that took place as the base was holding a recruitment day to welcome potential new troops.
It was not immediately known how many of them were among the victims.
Such events have previously been targets of militants trying to carry out mass-casualty attacks.
It was the second bombing in Taji in less than 24 hours. On Monday, police said a car bomb struck an army patrol not far from the site of Tuesday's blast, wounding eight people.
The latest bombing is likely to raise fresh concerns over the capabilities of Iraq's security forces 11 months after American troops left.
The Iraqis are seen as capable of largely maintaining internal stability, despite regular deadly attacks nationwide, but are widely acknowledged as being unable to protect their borders, airspace or maritime territory.
No group immediately admitted responsibility for the attack although al Qaeda's front group in Iraq has claimed previous attacks on recruitment centres.
The Sunni extremist group sees security forces and civil servants as supporters of Baghdad's Shia-led government.
It was the worst single attack since July 23, when a series of co-ordinated blasts also in Taji killed 42 people on what was Iraq's deadliest day in two-and-a-half years.
The latest fatalities came after figures released last week showed a sharp decline in attacks in October, with the number of people killed the lowest since June.
Violence is sharply down nationwide since its peak during Iraq's brutal sectarian war in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common, especially in and around Baghdad.
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