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.
