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More news from Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 4

04 Jan 2011 19:59

Source: reuters // Reuters

Jan 4 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1930 GMT on Tuesday.

* Denotes a new or updated item

* TARMIYA - A bomb planted near the home of a member of a government-backed Sunni militia, or Awakening Council, wounded four members of his family in Tarmiya, 25 km (15 miles) north of Baghdad, according to an Interior Ministry source.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen in a speeding car wounded a police captain in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen in a speeding car killed a female lawyer with silenced guns in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BALAD - Two brothers were killed when a bomb went off on their farm in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, a police officer in Balad said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)

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