FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 26
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:48 GMT
July 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1645 GMT on Tuesday.
* Indicates a new or updated item.
* MOSUL - Armed men killed a Shi'ite gynaecologist in her clinic in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, a Nineveh police source said.
* MOSUL - Iraqi anti-terrorist forces handed over the body of a man, which bore torture marks, to a morgue in Mosul, a Nineveh police source said.
KIRKUK - Gunmen shot dead a government-backed Sunni Sahwa militia member in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
KIRKUK - A roadside bomb went off, wounding a policeman in northern Kirkuk, police said.
BAQUBA - A roadside bomb planted close to a village mayor's house exploded, killing him and wounding his wife and daughter, on the northwestern outskirts of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
BAQUBA - Gunmen using silenced weapons shot and seriously wounded a student in western Baquba, police said.
MUQDADIYA - The toll in the explosion of a motorbike bomb late on Monday increased to five dead, including a child, with 12 others wounded, in Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded late on Monday in front of a liquor store, wounding three people in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said.
HAWIJA - A car bomb exploded inside a suspected insurgent's house late on Monday when he was trying to set a booby-trap in Hawija, 210 km (130 miles) north of Baghdad, killing the suspect and his two children, wounding 20 other people and damaging the surrounding houses and restaurants, police said. (Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)
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