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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 18

May 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0733 GMT on Tuesday.

MOSUL - Armed gunmen in a speeding vehicle shot dead a woman in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad on Monday evening, police said.

MOSUL - A civilian was wounded when insurgents opened fired against an Iraqi army check point in eastern Mosul on Monday, police said.

MOSUL - Two women were wounded when a roadside bomb targeting an Iraq army patrol in eastern Mosul went off late on Monday, police said. (Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)