FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 18
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:17 GMT
July 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1400 GMT on Monday.
KIRKUK - A roadside bomb exploded, killing one member of the government-backed Sunni Sahwa militia and wounding another, on the southwestern outskirts of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
MOSUL - Three gunmen were killed and two policemen were wounded during a raid in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
MOSUL - A gunman was killed and two others were arrested by police after they opened fire at a police security checkpoint in western Mosul, police said.
SULAIMANIYA - Shrapnel from Iranian artillery shelling that targeted bases of the Kurdish rebel group PJAK on the Iran-Iraq border wounded an Iraqi woman on the northern outskirts of Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, a Kurdish official said.
MAHAWEEL - A roadside bomb blew up, wounding three policemen late on Sunday in Mahaweel, 60 km (35 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
JURF AL-SAKHAR - A woman was stabbed to death in front of her house late on Sunday in the town of Jurf al-Sakhar, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)
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