FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, October 25
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:11 GMT
Oct 25 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1400 GMT on Tuesday.
* indicates a new or updated item.
* ABU GHRAIB - A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol, seriously wounding two soldiers, in Abu Ghraib on the western outskirts of Baghdad, police said.
BAQUBA - A roadside bomb targeting a car carrying three leaders of the government-backed Sahwa militia went off, killing one and wounding the other two on the northern outskirts of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
BAQUBA - A roadside bomb targeting an Oil Police patrol blew up and wounded four policemen in central Baquba, police said. At the same time, a parked motorcycle-cart bomb went off in central Baquba but no casualties were reported, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a traffic police patrol went off in the Ur district of northeastern Baghdad, killing a traffic policeman and wounding three other people including a policeman, police and hospital sources said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a traffic police patrol blew up and wounded four people, including a traffic policeman, in the Zaafaraniya district of southeastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.
BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to a traffic police vehicle went off and wounded five people, including two policemen, in the Baladiyat district of eastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.
ISKANDARIYA - A bomb hidden inside a water container and planted inside the home of a former member of Mehdi Army militia exploded, killing his wife and son, late on Monday on the northern outskirts of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
KIRKUK - Gunmen stormed a real estate office and killed the owner late on Monday in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. (Compiled by Baghdad bureau)
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