FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 20
Source: Reuters
Oct 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Saturday. * denotes new or updated items. * KIRKUK - Gunmen stopped a car and kidnapped five people southwest of Kirkuk. In a separate incident, gunmen kidnapped a man in the centre of the northern city, police said. * NEAR KIRKUK - A body with gunshot wounds and signs of torture was found southwest of Kirkuk, police said. * DIWANIYA - A coalition patrol was hit by three roadside bombs, small arms fire and an anti-tank grenade on Friday in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad. No one was killed or wounded in the attack. Polish helicopters provided air support and killed two militants, the U.S. military said. * BAGHDAD - U.S. forces arrested 11 gunmen during operations in central Iraq, the U.S. military said. * BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed a man and wounded another in al Salam district, western Baghdad, police said. HAWIJA - A roadside bomb killed two Iraqi soldiers when it hit their patrol in Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said. ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb targeting a minibus on Friday killed three people and wounded nine in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb and small arms fire killed one U.S. soldier and wounded another in southern Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said. SAMARRA - U.S. forces killed 11 militants in air strikes and detained two in operations last week near Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. BAQUBA - U.S. forces killed a militant near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north on Baghdad on Friday. He was suspected of leading a 250-member cell responsible for roadside bomb attacks across the country, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - Six bodies were found in Baghdad over the past 24 hours, police said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one dustman and wounded three in Ghadir district, southeastern Baghdad, police said. KIRKUK - A roadside bomb hit a police patrol wounding two policemen in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb in Iskandariya on Friday targeting a police patrol near the headquarters of a civil defence unit wounded three policeman, police said. ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen shot dead a local authority official from the Iskandariya area on Friday, police said. BASRA - A man threw grenade at a building in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, wounding three guards, police said.
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