FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 24
Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:05 GMT
July 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1400 GMT on Sunday.
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* BAGHDAD - Shots fired in an intersection in southeastern Baghdad killed a traffic policeman, an interior ministry source said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol, wounding two policemen and one civilian in Baghdad's central Nidhal Street, police said.
GARMA - Gunmen killed a nurse on Friday at a clinic in a village near the town of Garma, 30 km (20 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Garma police said.
ZUBAIR - Shots were fired on Friday at a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most revered Shi'ite leader, in the town of Zubair, near Basra, 420 km (260 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
Sistani's representative was not hurt but a policeman at the scene was wounded, police said.
(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)
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