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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 27

27 Oct 2010 15:22:46 GMT

Oct 27 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1515 GMT on Wednesday.

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* JALAWLA - A roadside bomb killed the head of Jalawla's criminal investigation unit, Mohammed al-Tememi, and three of his bodyguards when it went off in Jalawla, 115 km (170 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

* JALAWLA - A sticky bomb attached to a car wounded two off-duty policemen who were in the vehicle when it went off in central Jalawla, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a truck killed the driver and wounded four people in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb placed near the Sunni Endowment, an organisation which manages Sunni religious sites, killed two guards and wounded four passers-by in northern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

ABU GHRAIB - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol wounded three people, including two soldiers, police said.

KIRKUK - At least three restaurant workers were wounded when a bomb exploded as police tried to defuse it near a restaurant in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad late Tuesday, police said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)