Security developments in Iraq, October 23
Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:40 GMT
Oct 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1930 GMT on Sunday.
* Indicates a new or updated item.
* MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead an off-duty Nineveh province police official, Brigadier General Mahmoud Abdullah, in his car in front of his house in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, a Nineveh police source said.
* MOSUL - Gunmen opened fire on two women in western Mosul, killing one and wounding the other, a Nineveh police source said.
* MOSUL - A civilian was wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in northern Mosul, a Nineveh police source said.
MOSUL - Gunmen threw a hand grenade at a police patrol and wounded three policemen in western Mosul, police said.
MOSUL - A roadside bomb exploded and wounded one man in northern Mosul, police said.
MUSSAYAB - A roadside bomb went off late on Saturday and wounded three people in the town of Mussayab, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
JURF AL-SAKHAR - Gunmen in a car opened fire in a market and killed one man and wounded one woman late on Saturday in the town of Jurf al-Sakhar, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
TIKRIT - Gunmen in a car opened fire and killed a teacher and his daughter late on Saturday in a village near Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off near a traffic police vehicle, wounding two policemen in Baghdad's central Nahdha area, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire and killed an Oil Ministry employee in Baghdad's southern Saidiya district, an Interior Ministry source said. (Compiled by Baghdad bureau)
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