BREAKING NEWS: Christians targeted by Baghdad bomb

A car bomb near a church in Baghdad has killed at least 14 people as Iraqi Christians celebrated Christmas, officials say.

The device went off in the Doura district of the city as worshippers left a Christmas Day service.

At least 28 people were wounded, reports said. Police said most of the victims were Christians.

Iraq's ancient Christian community has more than halved in recent years, from an estimated population of 900,000.

Churches have been targeted across the country since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

An attack by gunmen in 2010 on the Catholic Cathedral in Baghdad left more than 50 people dead.