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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 12

by Reuters
Sunday, 12 June 2011 18:06 GMT

June 12 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1800 GMT on Sunday.

* denotes new or updated item

* BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs exploded next to a neighbourhood soccer ground in southwest Baghdad, killing three people who were playing or watching and wounding 14 others, an interior ministry source said.

HILLA - Gunmen killed a government-backed Sunni Sahwa militia leader and his wife in a town near the city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb wounded two people in a town near the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - One policeman was killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in another town near Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three policemen late on Saturday in a street in northeastern Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to the car of an army officer exploded and wounded him late on Saturday in Baghdad's southern Doura District, the interior ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three civilians late on Saturday in Baghdad's northern district of Adhamiya, the interior ministry source said. (Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)

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