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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 10

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Monday, 10 January 2011 17:16 GMT

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1715 GMT on Monday.

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* BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs exploded in front of a house in Baghdad's central Karrada district, wounding four passers-by, an Interior Ministry source said.

MOSUL - Armed men on foot killed two Shi'ites from the Shabak minority in two separate incidents in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, Mosul police operations room said.

HIT - A roadside bomb killed the police chief of Hit and wounded three policemen when it struck his convoy in the town, about 130 km (80 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

HILLA - Police found the body of an unidentified man with bullet wounds to the head in the northern town of Hilla late on Sunday, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - A sticky bomb attached to a car wounded the driver and two passengers in the town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday, police and hospital sources said.

TIKRIT - A roadside bomb wounded two guards protecting public infrastructure when it went off near their patrol in the city of Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday, police said. (Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)

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