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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 4
04 Feb 2007 08:06:32 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0800 GMT on Sunday:

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed four policemen and wounded four others in the al-Kesra district in northern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A mortar round landed on a house, killing a woman and two children in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, residents said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed two employees of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in an attack on their car in northeastern Baghdad, police said. Three others were wounded.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen also opened fire on a car in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, killing two employees from a private company and wounding another, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed an employee from the Ministry of Justice when they opened fire on his car in eastern Baghdad, police said.

NEAR HILLA - Police found the body of Aqil al-Jenabi, an army Colonel in the Iraqi army 8th division, in an area near the city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Police and Iraqiya state television said U.S. forces wounded Suhad Shakir, an anchor working for Iraqiya, when they fired on her car near the Foreign Ministry in central Baghdad. The U.S. military said it was checking the report.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded five people in Ilaam district in southern Baghdad, police said.


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