FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 23
Mon, 23 May 2011 11:51 GMT
May 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1200 GMT on Monday.
* denotes a new or updated item.
* BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a taxi killed the driver and wounded the passenger in the Baghdad's western district of Ghazaliya, an Interior Ministry source said.
* BAGHDAD - A parked car packed with explosives wounded eight people when it went off inside a parking lot in northern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
* KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded a street cleaner when it went off in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
* KIRKUK - Gunmen shot indiscriminately, killing a woman in al-Riyadh town southwest of Kirkuk, police said.
KIRKUK - A parked car bomb targeted a passing police convoy and killed two civilians and wounded 14 more including some policemen in southern Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, police said. A local police commander was also wounded.
BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb exploded at dawn near stores in eastern Baghdad causing a damage to many shops including seven liquor stores, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD -A road-side bomb wounded six people in the western district of Khadra, an Interior Ministry source said.
(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)
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