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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 22
22 Jun 2009 17:33:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
June 22 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1730 GMT on Monday.

* denotes a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A bomb that exploded in a vegetable market killed five people and wounded 25 others in Husseiniya, on the northern outskirts of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb killed a member of a Sunni Arab anti-Qaeda militia and wounded two others when they chased gunmen who had opened fire on their checkpoint southwest of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles), north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb in central Baghdad's Karrada district killed five people and wounded 20 others, police said.

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated himself outside the Abu Ghraib municipal council building in west Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 13 others, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed two Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in east Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen opened fire on policemen in central Mosul, killing two, police said.

MOSUL - Police found a body with bullet wounds to the head and chest in central Mosul, police said.

KHANAQIN - A roadside bomb killed three soldiers near the town of Khanaqin, 140 km (100 miles) northeast of Baghdad, the army said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off near a police patrol, killing three civilians and wounding 12 others near al-Hamza Square in Baghdad's eastern district of Sadr City, police said. The victims were all students in a passing minibus.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three people in Baghdad's eastern Habibiya district, police said.


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