Qa'dah 10, 1431, Oct 18, 2010, SPA -- A roadside bomb hit a convoy carrying a member of Baghdad's local government, killing him and wounding eight people on Monday, a spokesman for Baghdad's Provincial Council said. The Council's spokesman, Mohammed Hashim, said the politician, Jassim al-Saiedi, was heading to work Monday morning when a bomb detonated in central Baghdad at 8:15 a.m. local time. Hashim said three of al-Saiedi's guards and five bystanders were wounded in the attack which occurred in Baghdad's al-Nahda area. Al-Saiedi was the head of the Council's committee that supervises public services in the Iraqi capital, the Associated Press reported. Police and hospital officials confirmed al-Saiedi's death and the number of injured in the attack.
