FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 6
Source: Reuters
Jan 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1100 GMT on Saturday: BAGHDAD - Police in Baghdad found 47 bodies, many shot dead and tortured, in the 24 hours to Friday night, an interior ministry source said. MOSUL - Gunmen killed a Kurdish labourer working for the government in the northern city of Mosul, police said. MOSUL - Iraqi soldiers killed two suspected insurgents and found a cache of weapons in Mosul, the Iraqi Army said. KIFL - A former Baath party member was killed in a drive by shooting in Kifl, a town about 150 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. ISKANDARIYA - A man was found dead, shot in the head, on the main road in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. DIWANIYA - A policeman and a former Baath party member were shot dead in two separate incidents in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. BASRA - A British soldier was wounded when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb but his injuries were not thought to be life threatening, Major Charlie Burbridge said. BASRA - Two men found shot dead in Basra may be Iraqis who went missing on Friday along with an American contractor, police in the southern oil city said. The U.S. embassy said it was still checking reports of an American kidnapped. BAGHDAD - The chief of Baghdad police, Major General Ali Yasser, survived a car bomb attack on his motorcade in Baghdad, sources at police headquarters said. The blast killed one bystander and wounded three others, as well as wounding three policemen. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed four suspects and detained a fifth in a raid targeting insurgents involved in making roadside bombs in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
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