FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq on July 12

Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:13pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 3 p.m. GMT (4 p.m. British time) on Saturday.

* denotes a new or updated item:

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded six people in northern Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Iraq's deputy head of traffic police escaped unharmed when a bomb attached to his car exploded in eastern Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed a civilian when it hit his vehicle in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen ambushed a police patrol, killing two policemen and wounding a traffic policeman in Mosul, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded three others, including the Kirkuk police patrol director Colonel Ahmed Shamirani, in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed an off-duty policeman when they fired on his car on Friday in Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - A grenade attack killed one civilian and wounded a policeman in eastern Mosul, police said.  Continued...

 

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