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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 16
16 Jan 2007 10:35:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1030 GMT on Tuesday:

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb followed by a second blast from a motorcycle rigged with explosives killed 15 people and wounded 70 more near a Sunni mosque in central Baghdad, an interior ministry source said. One of those killed in attack in the Khilani district was a policeman.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed two policemen and two civilians and wounded 10, including three policemen, in Karrada in central Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A total of nine bodies, including a policewoman, were found shot dead on Monday in different districts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A sniper killed a guard of al-Sabah, a state run newspaper, in northern Baghdad, police said.

JIBILA - Gunmen entered a bus terminal and killed a driver on Monday in the town of Jibila, about 50 km (35 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed three people in a drive by shooting in Mosul, police said.


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