DHAKA: At least 30 people were killed and 50 others injured in a suicide bomb attack at a rally in north-eastern Iraq on Monday, report BBC.          

The attack took place at a political gathering in the town of Khanaqin, which has a large Kurdish population.

It was the deadliest bombing among a wave of attacks to hit Iraq.   

Iraqis are voting in the country's first parliamentary election since the withdrawal of US troops almost three years ago, but it comes amid the worst unrest since 2008.

People at the rally had gathered to watch television footage of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, casting his vote in Germany.    

"The attacker snuck among the crowds near the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's headquarters and blew himself up, causing a tragic massacre," told a police officer.

BDST: 0824 HRS, APR 29, 2014