The governor of Salahudin province on Thursday survived unhurt a suicide bombing attack in a college campus of the Salahudin University, the college official told Xinhua.

"A suicide bomber wearing an explosive-vest sneaked into the University of Salahudin compound and blew himself up in the campus of the college of law building, wounding at least three female students," Dr. Amir Ayyash, the dean of the college, told Xinhua by telephone.

The suicide bomber was targeting Mohammad al-Qaisi, the governor of Salahudin province, who himself is a student in the college for the master degree, but apparently his explosives detonated prematurely, Ayyash said.

Insurgents targeted Qaisi several times, including a car bomb attack near his convoy six months ago in central Tikrit City, some 170 km north of Baghdad.

Source: Xinhua