FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 19

Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:19pm EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT) on Sunday:

BAGHDAD - Unknown gunmen killed seven people using silencers at a gold shop in Baghdad's Tobchi district, the city's security spokesman said.

MOSUL - A parked car bomb targeting a U.S. patrol wounded seven people in the east of the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

HILLA - Police found the bodies of two Sunni Arab militiamen with bullet wounds to the head and chest in Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four people in the Doura district of southern Baghdad late on Saturday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb wounded two people in the Ghazaliya district of western Baghdad late on Saturday, police said.

(Compiled by Ahmed Rasheed; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

 

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