FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 23

Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:05am EDT

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Friday.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead an off-duty guard in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a traffic policeman in eastern Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - A sniper shot and wounded one soldier at an Iraqi army checkpoint in western Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a car killed a man and wounded his wife and their three sons in Abu Ghraib district of western Baghdad, police said.

BAAJ - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed one soldier in Baaj, 375 km (233 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said.

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