In Iraq, at least 24 people were killed and 20 injured in two suicide bomb attacks in Ramadi, provincial capital of Anbar. Anbar Governor Qassim Mohammed was injured. Initial reports said, he had been killed but it was later denied. Police said a suicide attacker in a car triggered the first blast on the main road near the provincial administration building. Soon afterwards, another bomber struck walking on foot nearby. The governor was said to have been injured in the second explosion, after he came out of his office to inspect damage due to the first blast.