The gunmen in two cars shot at the convoy in western district of Manssur, but they fled the scene after the bodyguards returned fire, police said.

    Nobody was hurt in the attack, which came a few hours after another group of gunmen shot and wounded the top Bahraini diplomat in western Baghdad.

    The whereabout of Egypt's envoy, who was kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad last weekend, remained unclear. Enditem