FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, January 29
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:40 GMT
Jan 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1530 GMT on Sunday.
* Indicates a new or updated item.
* BAQUBA - Gunmen opened fire at a security checkpoint and wounded two members of the government-backed Sunni Sahwa militia in a village near the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.
BAQUBA - A sticky bomb attached to a police officer's car blew up and wounded him in central Baquba, police said.
MUQDADIYA - A sticky bomb attached to a civilian's car went off and killed him in Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
TUZ KHURMATO - Two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb went off as they were trying to defuse it late on Saturday in central Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off near a mini bus, killing one person and wounding nine others, in Baghdad's southeastern Zaafaraniya district, police and hospital sources said.
SAMARRA - Gunmen stormed the house of a national reconciliation official and wounded him and killed a guest late on Saturday near the city of Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAQUBA - Four insurgents in a car were killed as they were transferring bombs on Saturday in Baquba, police said. Five civilians were wounded in the explosion. (Reporting by Baghdad newsroom)
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