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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 5
05 Jan 2009 20:11:57 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jan 05 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2000 GMT on Monday.

* denotes new or updated item

* KIRKUK - Two people were killed and one wounded in a drive-by shooting in northern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The victims were drinking alcohol in the street, police said.

* MOSUL - Unknown gunmen entered a pharmacy and killed a student pharmacist in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said

MOSUL - A car bomb wounded two Iraqi soldiers and four civilians when it struck an Iraqi army patrol in northern Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen, one wearing a medical uniform, shot and seriously wounded a medical student at the hospital where he worked in Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed three policemen and wounded six people, including three policemen, when it targeted a police patrol near central Baghdad's National al-Sha'ab stadium, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession, wounding eight people, in central Baghdad's Karrada district, police said.

BAGHDAD - Four people were wounded by a roadside bomb in al-Nidhal Street, central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb wounded five people in the Abu Dsheer district of southern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The body of a man was found in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.


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