(KUNA) -- Two Iraqi civilians were killed Monday when mortar shells fell on one of the biggest crowded shopping districts in the capital, while an Iraqi government official survived an assassination attempt, Iraqi police said. An Iraqi police source told KUNA three mortar shells targeted the Elwah Jamailah market close to Al-Sadr city in Baghdad. The source added the attack resulted in killing two people and injuring four others.Meanwhile, Iraqi government television said Iraq's Health Ministry Undersecretary Hakim Al-Zamili survived today an assassination attempt as two of his body guards were killed in the same incident in eastern Baghdad. The assassination attempt comes in a series of other attacks targeting Iraqi officials. One such official was kidnapped from his house in Al-Athamyia north of Baghdad.