FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 24
(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 11:49 p.m. British time on Thursday:
* denotes new or updated item.
FALLUJA - A suicide car bomb targeting mourners at a funeral killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 30 others in Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, hospital and police officials said.
*TIKRIT - A U.S. soldier was shot dead in Diyala Province.
*SALAH AD DIN - One U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle.
HDAD - Gunmen stopped a minibus at a fake checkpoint in a Shi'ite district on Baghdad's northern outskirts on Thursday and killed all 11 passengers, police said. A bomb hidden among the bodies then exploded, killing two civilians and wounding four people, including two policemen.
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber killed one soldier and wounded two others at an Iraqi army checkpoint in the Iskan district of western Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew up himself inside a minibus, killing one passenger and wounding five in the Shaab district of northern Baghdad, police said.
KHAN BANI SAAD - At least six people were killed when gunmen opened fire on local residents at Nahr al-Bustan, a village near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Continued...



