FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 8
(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 11 p.m. British time on Monday.
* denotes new or updated item.
* NEAR TIKRIT - A suicide truck bomber killed three people and wounded 13 at a police checkpoint near the city of Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
* BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed four people and wounded 10, including four women and three children, near the Technology University in central Baghdad, police said. Another police source said it was a roadside bomb attack.
* BAGHDAD - Four explosions hit near the Polish embassy in central Baghdad, a Polish diplomat said. There were no injuries or major damage, he said.
* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed five gunmen and detained three suspected Iranian-backed "Special Groups" members during a raid in the Shi'ite Sadr City district of northeastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
* BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed one person and wounded six in the al-Kamaliya district of eastern Baghdad, police said.
* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four people in the northwestern Kadhimiya district of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Six bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol wounded two civilians in eastern Baghdad, police said.
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