By IANS
Baghdad : At least ten people were killed in a series of bomb attacks here Sunday, as governor of the Iraqi capital survived a bid on his life when gunmen attacked his convoy, police said.
A car bomb went off Sunday near the governor’s building, killing three civilians in the Salihiya neighbourhood, police sources. Five people were also wounded when the explosives-laden vehicle, parked on a road, was detonated, a police source told DPA.
Earlier, gunmen attacked Baghdad Governor Hussein al-Tahan when he was on his way back from a visit to Saydiya district, the scene of a recent demonstration, according to state-owned al-Iraqiya TV channel.
Two of the governor’s guards were wounded in the attack, DPA said. According to police sources, the area where the governor was attacked has been experiencing violence, possibly committed by members of the Al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist group.
Three people were killed and three wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a US patrol in Baghdad’s southern district of Dora, Xinhua news agency said quoting police. The blast apparently missed its target and hit bystanders.
Three civilians were killed and six wounded when a homemade bomb planted inside a car detonated near a passing police patrol in the Baladiyat neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad.
In a separate attack, a civilian was killed and two people were injured when a bomb exploded at a car park near Mansour Hotel and close to the Iranian embassy in central Baghdad. The powerful blast, which shook the nearby buildings, was only meters away from the police post outside the main gate of the hotel.
Bloodletting continues in the Iraqi capital despite the US-led security forces staging a security plan since Feb 14 aimed at controlling raging violence.