FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq

Mon May 28, 2007 4:15pm EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2000 GMT (9 p.m. British time) on Monday:

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Police said they recovered the bodies of 33 people from various parts of Baghdad in the past 24 hours.

BAGHDAD - A truck bomb killed 24 people and wounded 90 others near the Sunni Abdul Qadir al-Gailani mosque in central Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Three civilians were killed and 10 wounded by a car bomb in Zaafarniya district in south eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Eight people were killed and 35 wounded when mortar rounds landed in the Shi'ite district of Karrada in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two civilians were killed two others were wounded by roadside bomb in the Baayaa district in southwestern Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Four policemen were killed by a car bomb in Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - Police found the bodies of three men in different parts of Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - At least two people were killed and six wounded by a car bomb in the Karrada district in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Four people were killed and 29 wounded by a bomb in a restaurant in the Bab al-Muadham district of north-central Baghdad, police said.

UWAIREG - The bodies of 12 men were found dumped in a large hole in the Uwaireeg area south of Baghdad, police said. All the victims had gunshot wounds and showed signs of torture.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded five policemen in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said.

HAWIJA - A roadside bomb wounded four Iraqi soldiers near Hawija, 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - One person was killed and 11 wounded by a mortar round in Baquba, police said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army killed an insurgent and arrested 45 others during the past 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.  Continued...

 
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