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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 31

31 Jan 2011 10:37

Source: reuters // Reuters

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1030 GMT on Monday.

* denotes a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb explosion near his home in Baghdad's southern Doura district wounded a traffic police official, Brigadier General Adday Mahmoud, and one of his relatives, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off and wounded three civilians in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded two civilians in Baghdad's northern Waziriya district, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen using silenced weapons killed an Electricity Ministry engineer in Baghdad's western Adil district, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to a car exploded in southern Baghdad, wounding the driver, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen using silenced weapons opened fire on a car in Baghdad's southwestern Amil district on Sunday, killing one employee of a private security company and wounding another, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to a car seriously wounded a cleric when it went off in western Baghdad on Sunday, an Interior Ministry source said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)

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