FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 26

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1545 GMT on Friday.

RAMADI - Three senior Islamist militants escaped from their cells in clashes overnight at a police station in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad. The clashes killed seven police and seven militants, officials said.

BALAD RUZ - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed three soldiers and wounded four in Balad Ruz, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb blast on an Iraqi home killed a man and wounded his two sons in Baghdad's southern Dora district, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded four policemen and two civilians in Zaafaraniya district, southeastern Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Tim Cocks)

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