FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 26
Source: Reuters
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1730 GMT on Friday: * Indicates new or updated item * BAGHDAD - Police found 27 bodies, most tortured and shot dead, in different parts of Baghdad, a police source said. * BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi army patrol, killing two soldiers and wounding 14 people, including two soldiers, in central Baghdad, a police source said. * BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire on a crowd in Baghdad's Bayaa district, killing one person and wounding two, a police source said. MOSUL - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a Shi'ite mosque in Guba, on the outskirts of Mosul. Police said one person was killed and three were wounded. HAWIJA - Police found the headless body of a man who was kidnapped on Thursday near Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said. KIRKUK - A body was found tortured and with bullet wounds in a village 20 km (13 miles) north of Kirkuk, police said. BAGHDAD - A bomb killed 15 people and wounded 55 in Baghdad's Ghazil pet market, the second attack in as many months on the Friday morning market, police sources said. FALLUJA - One U.S. marine died of wounds suffered in combat in the restive western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said.
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