BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The governor and the police chief of a southern Shiite province in Iraq were killed Saturday when a roadside bomb struck their convoy, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
The bomb killed Qadisiya province Gov. Khalil Jalil Hamza and Brig .Gen. Khalid Abed Hassan, the provincial police chief. Three of the governor's bodyguards were slain and three others were wounded. Hamza and Hassan were riding in the same vehicle.
The province has been the scene of some violence between Shiite factions, and U.S.-led coalition forces have taken on militants in the provincial capital, Diwaniya.
The attack occurred in Afak, more than 18 miles (30 kilometers) east of Diwaniya, after the officials attended a funeral for a sheik.
Also Saturday, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other top Justice Department officials arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced trip to assess Iraqi efforts to improve law enforcement and judiciary functions in Iraq.
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