Baghdad, Iraq, Sept 8, SPA -- Gunmen kidnapped the Anbar province's deputy governor Wednesday in the latest assault onofficials connected to Iraq's interim government, theInterior Ministry said. Gunmen opened fire on Bassil Ahmed's car and seized himafter the vehicle stopped, Interior Ministry spokesman Col.Adnan Abdel Rahman said. Ahmed's son was injured during the shooting in Anbar, astronghold of Sunni insurgents. In Baghdad, gunmen killed the assistant director of theInterior Ministry's criminal investigation department earlyWednesday after opening fire on his car as he headed towork, Rahman said. Col. Ismail al-Ayal was ambushed near his home in thecity's western Ghazaliya district, Rahman said. Insurgents have targeted police and civic officialsbecause they are seen as collaborators with Americanforces.--SPA1441 Local Time 1141 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/199375