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Bomb blasts outside government building kill at least 24 in Iraqi city of Ramadi
A car bomb and a suicide bomber struck a government building in the city of Ramadi on Wednesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding the governor of Anbar province, according to Iraqi police officials and witnesses.
Gov. Kassim Mohammad Fahdawi was among the more than 60 people wounded, Anbar provincial council member Jassem al-Halbousi said. The two bombs detonated outside the provincial government building in Ramadi, about 60 miles west of Baghdad.
The bombings in Ramadi follow a string of about 40 assassination attempts in the past month in the western province of Anbar, mostly targeting politicians, police officers, religious figures and tribal chiefs, according to Iraqi police officials.