Baqouba, Iraq, Nov 7, SPA -- Three Diyala provincial officialswere shot down Sunday by unknown assailants as they were ontheir way to a funeral for a fourth colleague killed earlier in the week, Iraqi officials said. Jassim Mohammed, a governor's aide for refugee affairs,was killed along with Diyala provincial council members,Shihab Ahmed and Dureid Mohammed, said Deputy GovernorGhassan al-Khadran. The three were attacked in the Mahmoudiya area, about 40kilometers (25 miles) south of Baghdad, as they were headedto the holy city of Karbala for the burial of the mayor ofthe town of Hebheb, who was killed by gunmen on Thursday.--SPA1336 Local Time 1036 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/215878