BAGHDAD (AP) — A government official in western Iraq says a suicide bomber trying to assassinate the deputy head of the provincial council in Anbar province has killed eight people.
The Chairman of the Anbar Provincial Council, Jasim al-Halbusi, said a man wearing an explosives vest blew himself up Thursday near the government official when he was outside of a sports stadium in Ramadi.
The deputy was not hurt but seven policemen and a bodyguard were killed in the attack.
