updated 1/15/2013 7:14:37 AM ET 2013-01-15T12:14:37

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed an Iraqi Sunni lawmaker and his bodyguard in western Anbar province on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said.

The attack on Efam al-Esawi, a member of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya block, came amid growing tensions as Sunni protesters take to the streets in Anbar for daily demonstrations against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

(Reporting by Baghdad newsroom; writing by Patrick Markey)

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