(KUNA) -- An Iraqi official survived an assassination attempt Monday in Baghdad, a source of the interior ministry said. The source told KUNA an improvised explosive device had been planted in car of Saad Ghareeb, the general manager of Iraqi power networks. The blast of the bomb left Ghareeb severely wounded and killed his bodyguard. An investigation into the assassination attempt has been initiated.In other reports, seven Iraqi civilians had been killed when a bomb exploded at a farm market in southern Baghdad. Three other policemen and two civilians were injured when a mortar shell fell close to the Technology Institute on Mohammad Al-Qassem road. During the past 48 hours, police found 98 dead human bodies around Baghdad -- 45 of these bodies were located during the past 24 hours.