Baqubah (Iraq), Oct 13: The governor of Iraq's Diyala province escaped an assassination attempt today when a roadside bomb exploded, seriously wounding two policemen and lightly injuring a civilian, a local police officer said. "It was an assassination attempt. Governor Abdullah Shahad al-Jaburi was going to work when a bomb detonated between 9:00 and 9:30 am, local time (1130 and 1200 IST). They know he travels this way every day," said Police Lieutenant Ali Mahmud. Two policemen were seriously wounded and a 50-year-old man was also injured, Mahmud said, while the governor emerged unscathed. The policemen were in a separate car as part of the governor's convoy, Mahmud said. The blast occurred near the governor's home in Al-Moqdadiyah, 40 km north of Baqubah, the capital of Diyala province, which borders Iran and is around 65 km northeast of Baghdad.
Jaburi refused to comment on the incident.
Bureau Report