FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 17
Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:34 GMT
April 17 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1730 GMT on Sunday.
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* MOSUL - Gunmen attacked a police security checkpoint and killed a policeman in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a vehicle exploded in western Baghdad, killing a National Security Ministry official and wounding two members of his family, as well as two passers-by, an Interior Ministry source said.
KIRKUK - A bomb attached to the car of a businessman killed him when it went off in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - The bullet-ridden body of a policeman was found in Baghdad's northern Shaab district, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen using silenced weapons stormed a house and killed four people, including three women, in western Baghdad late on Saturday, police said.
(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)
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