Baghdad, December 30: Two suicide bombers have struck in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, killing 32 people and injuring 75, according to Fox News sources.
The governor of Anbar province in Western Iraq was wounded, along with several other senior politicians.
Early reports on state television suggested Qassim Mohammed Abid was killed, but his deputy later made clear his boss Qassim Mohammed Abid survived the attacks.
Fox News reported his face was burned in the attack.
Police officials confirmed with the first blast a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a vehicle at a busy junction.
This was quickly followed by a second attack at the nearby provincial government headquarters.
The blast hit the convoy of the governor as it was leaving the compound.
Local media said the governor was taken for treatment by US soldiers.
Many of the dead and wounded are said to be Iraqi military and security staff.
Ramadi, which was a key base for al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgents following the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, was hit by a similar double attack in October.
Nineteen people were killed and more than 80 wounded in a bombing close to the offices of the governor and later at Ramadi’s main hospital, where victims had been rushed for treatment.
—Agencies