Two people died and as many as 30 were injured when a car bomb exploded outside the offices of state-run newspaper Al Sabah in Baghdad on Sunday morning.

More than twenty cars were destroyed when the bomb detonated in a car park near the building which is located in the Waziriya district of the capital.

Al Sabah, or "The Morning," newspaper is part of the government-run Iraqi Media Net group, which includes Iraqiya Television channel.

No other details were immediately available