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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 5
05 May 2007 11:45:12 GMT
Source: Reuters
May 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1130 GMT on Saturday:

* Denotes new or updated item.

BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber killed one policeman and wounded five others when he rammed his vehicle into the Karkh police directorate in western Baghdad, one police source said. Another police source said the car bomb detonated inside the directorate's garage and 10 policemen were wounded.

MOSUL - Unidentified gunmen kidnapped and killed a doctor as he left Mosul's main hospital on Friday, hospital sources said.

*KIRKUK - A roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded three policemen in central Kirkuk, police said.

*SHIRQAT - Gunmen killed a police Colonel in the town of Shirqat north of Baghdad, police said.

*BAGHDAD - The bodies of 15 people were found dumped across Baghdad on Friday, police said.

*BAGHDAD - Iraqi "Special Operations Forces" captured six suspected al Qaeda militants on Friday in southwestern Baghdad, a U.S. military statement said.

*KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded two civilians in central Kirkuk, police said.


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