Baghdad, January 07: Early morning bombings Thursday rocked the town of Heet in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar, killing seven people including an anti-terror chief, an emergency official said.
“At 3:00 am (0600 GMT) men planted bombs around the bedrooms of four houses belonging to members of the police force, including Major Walid al-Heeti, the head of Heet’s anti-terror department,” said Lieutenant Colonel Fadhil Nimrawi, the head of the town’s emergency response unit.
“The bombs killed seven people, including the anti-terror *chief, and wounded six others, including women and children from the four families,” AFP quoted the official as saying.
The four houses targeted in the attack are reportedly in different neighborhoods in central Heet, which is about 60 kilometers (40 miles) west of the Anbar provincial capital, Ramadi.
The town has been sealed off. Police say an unspecified number of people have been arrested in connection with the attacks.
The blasts come a week after twin bombing attacks hit the city of Ramadi, leaving more than 23 people dead and wounding at least 30 others, including the provincial governor.
Terror attacks have plagued Iraq since the US-led invasion of the country in 2003.
——-Agencies