FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, November 13
13 Nov 2011 14:16
Nov 13 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1400 GMT on Sunday.
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* MOSUL - A soldier was killed when a mortar shell landed at an Iraqi army checkpoint in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, a local police source said.
* MOSUL - A bomb attached to a car exploded, wounding a prison guard officer, in eastern Mosul, a local police source said.
* MOSUL - Gunmen in a car shot dead a teenager in western Mosul, a local police source said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeted a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims, killing one Iranian and wounding four others in Baghdad's northwestern Kadhimiya district, a police source said.
TIKRIT - A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol, killing one officer and wounding a soldier north of Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, a source at the police operations centre in Salahuddin province said.
BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to a car killed the driver and wounded one passenger when it went off in Baghdad's southwestern Qadissiya district, police and hospital sources said.
TAJI - Two roadside bombs went off near the car of an Electricity Ministry employee, killing him and wounding seven others, including four policemen, in Taji, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said. The second bomb went off when police rushed to the scene.
FALLUJA - Gunmen using silenced weapons shot dead a police lieutenant colonel near his house in central Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, late on Saturday, a local police source said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at an Iraqi army checkpoint, killing one soldier and wounding another in Baghdad's northern Adhamiya district, late on Saturday, police and hospital sources said. (Compiled by Baghdad bureau)
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