A bomb detonated near the Iraqi first lady's motorcade in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, wounding soldiers and at least two civilians, but the president's wife escaped without injury, officials said.
Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed, the wife of President Jalal Talabani, was heading to the al-Mada cultural festival at Baghdad's National Theater when the bomb struck her motorcade in the central Karrada district.
The bombing targeted an Iraqi army convoy, wounding four soldiers and two civilians, an Interior Ministry spokesman said, reported CNN.
The bomb damaged one vehicle in the first lady's convoy and left four of her bodyguards with minor injuries, Talabani's office said.
Also in Baghdad, a double roadside bombing Sunday killed a police officer and wounded eight others, an Interior Ministry official said.
The first bomb exploded near a traffic police patrol. Several people were outside a nearby passport office. When they rushed to the scene of the explosion, a second bomb went off, the ministry official said.
The wounded included four police officers and four civilians, the official said.
Hours later, a drive-by shooting in western Baghdad killed the deputy head of Baghdad University, Ayad Hamza, as he stood outside his house with his two sons, who were wounded in the attack, an Interior Ministry official said.