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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 11

Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:22am EDT
June 11 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1315 GMT on Wednesday:

* denotes new or updated item

* KUT - A roadside bomb killed two policemen and wounded four others while they were on patrol in Kut, 150 km (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Five minibus passengers were killed and 10 wounded when a bomb exploded in the Kadhimiya district of northwestern Baghdad, police said. Earlier reports said it was a bomb inside a minibus.

FALLUJA - Police said they found the bodies of five men, shot and tortured, near Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - A civilian was killed and seven were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in southwestern Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol, wounding four policemen and a civilian in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a fuel station in Binoog district of northern Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Aseel Kami)



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