DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: An officer, with a colonel rank in the Iraqi Police and his bodyguard have been injured in an assassination attempt to blow up his car in Baaquba city, the center of Diala Province on Wednesday, a security source reported.

“An explosive charge blew off on Wednesday morning in central Baaquba against a car, belonging to an Iraqi Police officer with a colonel ank, wounding the officer and one of his bodyguards, along with causing severe damage to the car,” the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He added that the officer had been on his way at his office in the Directorate of Emergency Battalions in Diala Province, when the attack took place, giving no further details.

Baaquba, the center of Diala Province, is 57 km to northeast Baghdad.

SKH (ST)