Fourteen Iraqi policemen were killed and 22 others wounded on Monday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the Interior Ministry in eastern Baghdad, a ministry source told Xinhua.

The initial report from the ministry said seven policemen were killed and 35 wounded in the twin blasts.

"Two suicide bombers entered the entrance of the Interior Ministry compound and detonated themselves at about 12:05 p.m. ( 0905 GMT)," the source said earlier.

The attack took place during the ceremony marking the 84th anniversary of the Iraqi police establishment.

US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and the Iraqi defense minister and interior minister were attending the ceremony, he said.

Source: Xinhua