At least 41 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack on an army recruitment center in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

"The explosion occurred at the centre at Bab al-Muazem area in Baghdad, now 41 people were dead and more than 100 others were wounded," said the source on condition of anonymity.

The death toll could continue to rise since many army recruits were badly injured, he added.

This was the bloodiest attack in the past weeks in Iraq, according to the casualty numbers.

Violence and some high-profile attacks are still common in Iraqi cities as part of deterioration in security, which shaped a setback to the efforts of the Iraqi government to restore normalcy in the country five months after the March 7 parliamentary elections.