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Murderous assault on Anbar provincial governor in Iraq, many killed and wounded

30 December 2009 15:00 (UTC +04:00)

Baghdad â€“ APA. Twin suicide blasts in the western city of Ramadi on Wednesday killed 23 people and left the Anbar provincial governor wounded in the latest attacks against government targets to hit Iraq, APA reports quoting AFP.
The co-ordinated bombings, which were blamed on Al-Qaeda and collusion from the security forces, struck the governorate offices in the centre of Anbar’s provincial capital and also killed and wounded senior security officials.
The first attack struck near a security checkpoint at a road junction leading to the governorate offices in the centre of the Anbar provincial capital at around 9:30 am (0630 GMT).
In addition to the dead and wounded, some 20 vehicle were destroyed in the blast.
About a half hour later, governor Qassim Mohammed Abid and senior provincial security officials, who were in the governorate offices, went outside to check on the situation.
"A suicide bomber wearing an army uniform ran towards the governor," police Captain Ahmed Mohammed al-Dulaimi told AFP.
"Some security people held him back, and he detonated himself."
The attack killed governorate compound security chief Colonel Mahmud al-Fehdawi, and wounded Abid and Anbar deputy police chief Colonel Abbas Mohammed al-Dulaimi.
Overall, 30 people were wounded in the two attacks.