A bomb planted on a car carrying an Interior Ministry official exploded Sunday, killing the official and wounding two police officers who were accompanying him, a ministry official said. Lt. Col. Mohammed Ibrahim worked in National Police Affairs, the official said.The Associated Press said that Ibrahim was director of Iraq's police commandos, an elite special forces unit. The men accompanying Ibrahim were serving as his bodyguard and driver, the news agency reported.
Ibrahim was en route to work when the bomb detonated in the capital's Mansour neighborhood, according to AP.
Also Sunday, the U.S. military confirmed that two teenagers and two young men had been killed after their bodies were discovered in a house in Baquba.
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