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By Brian PaddenIraqi officials say a roadside bomb has killed the governor of the southern Shi'ite majority province of Muthanna. VOA's Brian Padden reports from the northern Iraqi city of Irbil.
Insurgents1 killed the governor of Iraq's southern province of Muthanna, Mohammed Ali al-Hassani, in a roadside bomb attack in the provincial2 capital Samawa. The governor was traveling in a convoy3 and in an armored car for protection when the bomb exploded.
Ahmed Marzoq with the Muthanna Governing Council says the bombing was a politically-motivated.
He says they used a very special and powerful bomb to penetrate4 the governor's armored car.
Officials say at least three of Mohammed Ali al-Hassani's bodyguards6 were wounded in the blast.
On August 11, Khalil Jalil Hamza, governor of Diwaniyah province, and police chief, Maj. Gen. Khalid Hassan, were killed, along with their driver and a bodyguard5 in a roadside bombing attack.
The governor was a member of the influential7 Supreme8 Islamic Iraqi Council, a group led by Shiite politician Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim. Hakim's loyalists have been fighting the Mahdi Army militia9 for control of the oil-rich south.
A vehicle curfew was imposed on Samawa shortly after Monday's bombing.
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