FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 30
Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:33 GMT
Nov 30 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1600 GMT on Tuesday.
* denotes a new or updated item.
* MOSUL - An Iraqi soldier was killed and another was wounded when gunmen fired at an army security checkpoint in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, a police official at the Nineveh province police operations centre said.
The gunmen left a booby-trapped wooden cart at the scene, which exploded as police evacuated victims, wounding a policeman, the official said.
* MOSUL - Gunmen killed a 26-year-old Christian man when they stormed his grocery shop in eastern Mosul, a police official at the Nineveh police operations centre said.
* BALAD - A roadside bomb killed a farmer and wounded three others when it went off near their vehicle in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, a police officer from the Balad police station said.
* DHULUIYA - Iraqi police found the bodies of a man and woman with gunshot wounds in two different areas in Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, a police officer from the Dhuluiya police station said.
BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to a civilian car exploded and killed the driver in western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off and wounded three civilians in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)
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