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Bomb kills southern Iraq governor | Bomb kills southern Iraq governor |
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A powerful roadside bomb has killed the governor and police chief of the southern Iraqi province of Diwaniya. | A powerful roadside bomb has killed the governor and police chief of the southern Iraqi province of Diwaniya. |
The governor was a key figure in the Badr Organisation, the military wing of the largest Shia Muslim party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC). | |
Khalil Jalil Hamza and police chief Maj-Gen Khaled Hassan were returning to Diwaniya city after a funeral when the bomb exploded beside their convoy. | |
The area has seen clashes between Shia militias and security forces. | |
Iraqi state television said the deputy governor had ordered an indefinite curfew in the province from 1900 (1500 GMT) in response to the killings. | |
Three bodyguards were also killed. | |
The Badr Organisation has frequently clashed with rival fighters from the Mahdi Army loyal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. | |
The governor had recently issued instructions for other militias in the province to be disarmed. |