Gunmen kill Iraqi official in drive-by shooting

Baghdad: Unidentified gunmen killed a senior Interior Ministry official on Sunday, police said.

Brigadier-General Adel Abbas was killed in the drive-by shooting, along with his driver.

Meanwhile, bombings across Iraq have killed at least six people and left 29 others injured on Sunday.

A suicide truck bomb killed three people and wounded 23 when it exploded at a police checkpoint in the northern city of Kirkuk.

In Diyala province, a roadside bomb struck a minibus, killing three occupants and wounding six others, police said.