(KUNA) -- Governor of Basra Mohammad Musbeh Al-Waeli survived on Saturday an assassination attempt which resulted in the injury of three bodyguards.Al-Waeli said in a press conference "I was attacked in the center of Basra city while returning from Karbala province." The governor accused a group of Basra's interior officers of the assassination attempt on his life. "I accuse Basra's criminal department of conducting the attempt and call Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki to begin an immediate investigation," he charged.