Sementara itu, Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi Irak Abd Ziyab al-Ojeily selamat dalam usaha pembunuhan terhadap dirinya ketika orang-orang bersenjata menyerang konvoi kendaraannya, menewaskan pengawal peribadinya dan mencederai seorang lagi, kata seorang jurubicara kementerian itu.
Meanwhile, Iraq's higher education minister survived an attempt on his life when, according to a ministry spokesman, armed men attacked his convoy, killing his personal guard and wounding another.