FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 21

Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:06am EDT

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1345 GMT on Wednesday.

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* KIRKUK - A roadside bomb killed a local cameraman and wounded another journalist in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - Gunmen killed a street vender and wounded a 10-year-old boy in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a policeman's father and mother in a village just south of Mosul, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A bomb planted inside a popular market wounded six people in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - Armed men attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint and stabbed a soldier to death on Tuesday in central Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

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