Baghdad, December 30: The governor of Iraq’s Anbar province survived a suicide bomb attack on Wednesday, his deputy said, after state television reported the official had died.
Deputy Governor Hikmet Khalaf said that Qassim Mohammed, governor of the mainly Sunni Arab province west of Baghdad, had been sent to hospital after two bombings in central Ramadi, the provincial capital.
Police sources said the twin suicide attacks, which took place near the provincial government headquarters, killed at least 10 people and wounded at least 40.
—Agencies