BAGHDAD, June 22: Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a mosque north of Baghdad, killing 14 and wounding 32 others.

Police say the attacker struck on Saturday evening in the village of Sabaa al-Bour, about 30 kilometres north of Baghdad.

Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures.

The attacks and several others elsewhere that killed nine are the latest in a wave of violence that has killed more than 2,000 Iraqis since the start of April.

It is the bloodiest and most sustained spate of violence to hit Iraq since 2008.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Al Qaida's Iraq arm and other extremists frequently target Shias.—AP