Baghdad, Iraq, Sept 7, SPA -- An explosion targeted the Baghdad governor's convoy as he was traveling through the capital Tuesday, killing twopeople but leaving him uninjured, theInterior Ministry said. Gunmen opened fire on the convoy seconds before theexplosion, hoping to direct Gov. Ali al-Haidri's convoytoward the blast, Interior Ministry spokesman Col. AdnanAbdel Rahman. Three of his bodyguards were hurt in the attack in thewestern Baghdad neighborhood of Hay al-Adel. "The people behind this attack want to hurt Iraq and tohinder the progress in this country," he said. The governor's BMW appeared intact, but a car next to itwas totally burned. The bomb made a small crater in thepavement and the street. One person was sprawled out in thestreet. Police blocked the area and prevented people from gettingclose to the cars. Rahman said that a car bomb caused the blast, butal-Haidri said it was a roadside bomb. --SPA1215 Local Time 0915 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/198902