Up to 17 killed, 23 wounded in Anbar bombings

RAMADI, Iraq, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 people were killed and 23 others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack and a car bomb explosion outside Anbar provincial government offices on Sunday, a local police source said.

The two blasts occurred almost simultaneously at about 10:15 a. m. (0715 GMT) when a suicide bomber drove a four-wheel vehicle packed with explosives to the entrance of the complex of Anbar government in central area of the provincial capital city Ramadi, killing seven, including policemen, and wounding nine others, a source from the provincial operations command told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.