FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 18
Source: Reuters
Jan 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1030 GMT on Thursday: BAGHDAD - Three car bombs exploded in quick succession in a wholesale vegetable market, killed 10 people and wounded 30 others in the southern Doura district of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A car bomb targeting a police patrol killed four people and wounded 10 others in Saadoun Street in central Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed three people and wounded seven others in eastern Baghdad, police said. ISKANDARIYA - Police said they found a body of a man, bound and shot dead, in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad. MOSUL - A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a police patrol, killing a civilian and wounding four policemen and two civilians in the northern city of Mosul, police said. MOSUL - A policeman was killed and another wounded when insurgents threw a bomb at a police checkpoint in Mosul, police said. KIFIL - Gunmen attacked a civilian car and wounded its driver on Wednesday night in the town of Kifil, near Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
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