Iraqi governor and police chief assassinated

Updated: 15:43, Saturday, 11 August 2007

The governor and police chief of Iraq's southern Shiite city of Diwaniyah have been killed in a bomb attack against their convoy.

The governor and police chief of Iraq's southern Shiite city of Diwaniyah have been killed in a bomb attack against their convoy.

Speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to release the information, a senior security official in Diwaniyah said they were killed in a muliple bomb attack on their convoy. 

The local governor was Khalil Jalil Hamza and the police chief, Major General Khalid Hassan.

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