FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 21

Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:13am EDT

March 21 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1510 GMT on Sunday.



BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one policeman and wounded two others in southern Baghdad, a source at the Interior Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - Unknown gunmen fired at a government official wounding him and his driver in central Baghdad, a source at the Interior Ministry said.

FALLUJA - A commander of a neighbourhood guard unit was killed along with his wife in their home by unknown gunmen in a city northeast of Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A hand grenade hurled at an American army patrol, wounded two Iraqi civilians in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb went off near an Iraqi army patrol, wounding two soldiers in western Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - An off-duty solider was killed by unknown gunmen in an industrial area in eastern Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - Unknown gunmen killed an elderly man in his home in western Mosul, police said.



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