FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 21
Source: Reuters
April 21 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 2000 GMT on Saturday: * denotes new or updated items * BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed and another was wounded when they came under small-arms fire in eastern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said. * BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed and three others were wounded after their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb, which was followed by a small-arms attack, in southwestern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said. * FALLUJA - Gunmen shot the head of the Falluja municipal council, Sami al-Jumaily, in a drive-by shooting in central Falluja, local police said. His predecessor was killed earlier this month. MUSSAYAB - Mussayab Mayor Mehdi Abdul Hussein al-Najem and two of his bodyguards were killed in an ambush, police said. A roadside bomb exploded next to their vehicles in the attack at Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, and gunmen then opened fire. BAGHDAD - One soldier was killed and two wounded when they were hit by a roadside bomb during a patrol southwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said KHALIS - Eight bodies were found in Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, a police source said. All showed signs of torture and four had been beheaded. BAGHDAD - A bomb planted in a minibus in Baghdad's Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City killed two people and wounded five others, police said. Another bus next to it was also hit by the blast. KIRKUK - Gunmen stormed a house and killed four members of the same family -- a wife, husband and their two children -- in the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad. DIWANIYA - One Polish soldier was killed and four more were wounded in a roadside bomb attack near Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, on Friday, Poland's Ministry of Defence said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb attack on a U.S. military patrol wounded two soldiers at Baladiat, east of Baghdad, Iraqi police said. MUSSAYAB - An Iraqi civilian was found shot dead in Mussayab, police said.
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