Factbox: Security developments in Iraq, March 10

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Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:42pm EST

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1900 GMT Thursday.

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* BAGHDAD - Four policemen and two civilians were killed during a shootout between police and police and robbers who were attempting a raid on a goldsmith shop in the Binoog district of northern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. The attackers fled the scene without casualties.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle killed one policeman and wounded three others in Rashad district of eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off in front of a shop, wounding one person in the Hurriya District of western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi federal police patrol wounded one policeman and two civilians in Baghdad's southeastern Zaafaraniya district, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded one civilian when it exploded near a liquor store in Baghdad's central Karrada district, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three Iraqi policemen when it exploded near their patrol in Baghdad's western Ghazaliya district, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four Iraqi policemen when it exploded near their patrol in the Saidiya district of southern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded five people in northeastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a car wounded two civilians in Palestine Street, northeastern Baghdad, late on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry source said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)

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