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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 6
06 Apr 2007 06:00:06 GMT
Source: Reuters
April 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0600 GMT on Friday:

* denotes a new or updated item.

* KIRKUK - A shepherd was wounded by a landmine in a rural area south of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* HILLA - Sheikh Karim Omran al-Shafi, a tribal leader, was seriously wounded when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in the Shi'ite city of Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Two people were killed and five were wounded when three mortar bombs landed in Baghdad's northern Shaab district, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Eleven bodies were found in different parts of the city, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A mortar bomb killed one person in the Talibiya district in northeastern Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A sniper killed two people in the Amil district in southwestern Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said.

* TAL AFAR - Four bodies, including that of a child, were found in Tal Afar, about 420 km (260) miles northwest of Baghdad, police said.


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