FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 15
Sun, 15 May 2011 12:03 GMT
May 15 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1200 GMT on Sunday.
* denotes new or updated item
* BAGHDAD - One person was killed and nine others wounded when nine Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, where the U.S. embassy and Iraqi government officials' houses are located, and other central and southern areas of the Iraqi capital, the Baghdad security operations centre said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing police uniforms stormed a house and killed three men in southern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded and wounded three people near the National Theatre in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
TUZ KHURMATO - A roadside bomb went off near a police patrol and wounded five policemen on Saturday in the town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
MOSUL - A roadside bomb exploded and wounded an off-duty policeman south of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
MOSUL - Iraqi soldiers shot dead an armed suspect when he tried to kill a civilian on late Saturday in eastern Mosul, the Iraqi army said.
(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)
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