Three bombs exploded in a residential area near Ramadi in Iraq's western Anbar province today, killing seven people including relatives of an Iraqi army anti-terrorist special forces commander, police said.
The bombs were planted overnight at the homes of the officer, Waleed al-Hiti, his parents and lawyer according to police.
Mr Hiti was seriously wounded and his father, mother, two sisters and his brother's wife were killed, police said.
The bombing occurred in the town of Hit, about 130 km west of Baghdad.
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