Militants armed with assault rifles, pistols and suicide belts attacked a local government headquarters west of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least two people, officials said.

Militants armed with assault rifles, pistols and suicide belts attacked a local government headquarters west of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least two people, officials said.

Sabah Abdullah, a member of the Amriyat al-Fallujah local council, said two militants wearing police uniforms mounted the attack during a council meeting.

They were killed before they could detonate their explosives but were still able to open fire.

Police Major Arif al-Janabi said the militants killed one policeman and a civilian, while Abdullah put the death toll at two police and one civilian.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the Takfiri group ISIL has carried out a string of similar attacks, including in Anbar province where Amriyat al-Fallujah is located.