FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 20
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:39 GMT
April 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1630 GMT on Wednesday.
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* MOSUL - Gunmen in a speeding car shot dead a civilian in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, a police source said.
MOSUL - Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint, killing two policemen, in western Mosul, a police source said.
BAGHDAD - A bomb targeting a police patrol wounded three people, including one policeman, in Baghdad's central al-Mesbah district, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire at a police patrol, wounding one policeman, in the Hurriya district of northwestern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
MOSUL - Gunmen killed a high school student in southeastern Mosul, police said.
MOSUL - An employee of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission in Mosul escaped unharmed when a bomb attached to his car exploded just south of Mosul, police said.
BAGHDAD - Istabraq al-Shouk, deputy minister of construction and housing, escaped unharmed when a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy in northern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. The source said four passers-by were wounded in the incident.
BAGHDAD - Two bombs killed three people and wounded 10 others when they went off in Baghdad's northeastern Sadr City slum, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD - A bomb targeting a police patrol wounded two people, including one policeman, in Khilani square in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)
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