The head of Iraq's intelligence academy and two bodyguards have been killed in a suicide blast in the north of the country, police say.
The attacker is believed to have detonated his explosives belt near the home of Ali Aouni in Tal Afar.
The town was a major battleground between US forces and Iraqi insurgents in 2005, and has seen infrequent but bloody militant attacks since.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the bombing.
It is the latest in a series of deadly attacks in Iraqi cities that have left scores of people dead since the beginning of the year.
Sunni insurgents linked to al-Qaeda have been blamed for much of the recent violence.
Tal Afar is located about 150km (90 miles) east of the Syrian border and 420km north-west of Baghdad.
Observers say the town, which has a mixed population of Sunni Arabs and Turkmen, is an area used by insurgents crossing the Syrian border in both directions.
Although sectarian violence has decreased in Iraq since the height of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007, attacks are still common.
Tensions have also been building up in the lead-up to parliamentary elections, due to be held in March.
Earlier this month, at least 33 people were killed and about 100 injured in a spate of car bombings in mainly Shia areas of Iraq, local officials said.
The attacks took place as thousands of Sunnis held protest rallies in several cities against the Shia-dominated government of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, accusing him of monopolising power.
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