FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 29

Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:48pm BST

April 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1830 on Wednesday.

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* HOR RIJAB - Five people were killed and five were wounded by a roadside bomb in Hor Rijab, a village on the southwestern outskirts of Baghdad.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded five civilians in the Shurta district of southwestern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - At least 41 people were killed and 68 wounded when twin car bombs exploded in a busy market in northeastern Baghdad's Sadr City slum, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two bombs placed in parked cars killed two people and wounded eight others near a Shi'ite mosque in the Hurriya district of northwestern Baghdad, police said.

HIMREEN - Three Iraqi soldiers were killed on patrol and two others wounded when two roadside bombs went off in Himreen area of northeastern Diyala province, police said.

MOSUL - Two separate roadside bombs in southern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, killed one policeman and wounded five civilians, police said.

MOSUL - Two civilians were wounded by a roadside bomb in eastern Mosul, police said.



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