Iraq: Suicide car bomb targets military convoy, killing 5 civilians

The Iraqi military says five civilians were killed when a suicide car bomber targeted a military convoy carrying a top Iraqi commander.

The attack happened Wednesday in Mosul, a city in northern Iraq. Lt. Gen. Riyadh Jalal Tawfiq, chief of operations in Ninevah province, escaped unharmed.

But the military says five civilians were killed and 22 people, including seven of the commander's guards, were injured.

Brig. Gen. Khalid Abdul-Sattar, an Iraqi military spokesman, described the attack as an attempt to assassinate the commander.