FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 7

Sun Mar 7, 2010 9:31am EST

March 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1430 GMT on Sunday. * Denotes new or updated items



*BAGHDAD - Twenty-five people were killed and 20 wounded in a blast at a block of flats in northeastern Baghdad in the Ur neighbourhood, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - Four civilians were killed and 12 wounded in an explosion at a block of flats in southwestern Baghdad, the same source said.

BAGHDAD - Dozens of mortar rounds landed in Baghdad in several locations -- wounding three civilians in the western district of Jihad, wounding two in northern Baghdad, wounding one civilian in western Baghdad, and wounding five more in the western districts of Mansour, Jamiaa, and al-Furat. Other mortar rounds landed near a school used as polling centre in western Baghdad, near a mosque in the northern district of Adhamiya, and near a polling centre in the western district of Ghazaliya, without causing casualties. Three mortar rounds landed on the Green Zone government and diplomatic compound.

BAGHDAD - 20 mortar shells were launched on Baghdad's southern district of Doura without causing any reported casualties.

BAGHDAD - Roadside bombs exploded in northern Baghdad, in western Baghdad, in the southeastern suburb of Madaen, near a polling centre in the western district of Khadra, and near a polling centre in Jihad, killing at least four people and wounding 16.

BAGHDAD - Katyusha rockets killed at least four people and wounded 16 after being fired into the northern district of Qreiat and the northwestern neighbourhood of al-Hurriya. All the information on the incidents in Baghdad came from the Interior Ministry source.

*FALLUJA - Seventeen mortar rounds landed in Falluja, some near a polling centre, wounding two policemen and four civilians, a police source said. Falluja is 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad.

FALLUJA - A roadside bomb exploded in western Falluja without causing any casualties, the police source said.

*MAHMUDIYA - One person was killed and 11 people were wounded in two mortar attacks in the town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, the Interior Ministry source said.

YUSUFIYA - One person was wounded in a mortar attack in the town of Yusufiya, 20 km (12 miles) south of Baghdad, the source said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb went off near an Iraqi army checkpoint close to a polling station, wounding two soldiers, in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A hand grenade thrown at a polling station wounded seven people in eastern Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - A mortar round landed near a polling station causing no casualties in eastern Mosul, police said. The police detonated two bombs placed near polling stations, police added.

KIRKUK - Two roadside bombs went off in two different towns near the city of Kirkuk, without causing casualties, police said. Kirkuk is 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad.

MOSUL - A joint patrol of Kurdish peshmerga fighters and Iraqi soldiers, supervised by U.S. troops, opened fire on the convoy of a provincial council member in a town near Mosul, wounding him and two of his bodyguards. Police said the incident was caused by a misunderstanding.




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