Two terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad today left at least 11 people dead, including a Spanish military attaché.
A suicide car bomber hit a police station in the north-east of the city, killing 10 people including the bomber.
Shortly afterwards, the Spanish attaché was shot dead outside his home by men - including one disguised as a Shiite cleric.
Three policemen and five civilians were killed by the car bomb in addition to the attacker.
The driver drove through the police compound gate, was fired at by officers and then detonated the bomb.There were at least 28 people injured.
A dozen ambulances raced toward the facility in the Shiite Muslim slum known as Sadr City. The attack happened just as policemen were lining up in the courtyard of the facility for the morning role call.
There were many damaged police cars at the bomb site and much debris in the courtyard in front of the one-storey building.
Scores of US soldiers surrounded the building in Humvees.
A mosque near the scene was blaring warnings to the thousands of residents whohad gathered at the station to leave the area for fear of a second booby-trappedcar.
The attaché who died was air force Sgt Jose Antonio Bernal Gomez who wasattachéd to Spain's National Intelligence Centre.
A Spanish defence ministry spokesman said Sgt Gomez was attached to the information section of the embassy in the Iraqi capital.