FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 19
Source: Reuters
March 19 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0730 GMT on Monday: MAHAWEEL - Police found the body of a man with gunshot wounds in the head in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen killed a policeman in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. DHULUIYA - Two police stations were badly damaged when suspected al Qaeda militants planted bombs in and around them in the town of Dhuluiya, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Militants have threatened to demolish all government offices in Sunni areas, a police source said. DIWANIYA - Gunmen killed Abdul-Qadir Khudhair, the head of the local passport office on Sunday in the city of Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. MOSUL - A man was killed and two wounded on Sunday when clashes erupted between U.S. forces and gunmen in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. DIWANIYA - Police found the body of a police captain on Sunday in Diwaniya, police said. NEAR HILLA - Gunmen killed a man on Sunday in a town near Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen killed a man and wounded four others on Sunday in two different incidents in drive-by shootings in the town of Iskandariya, police said. ISKANDARIYA - A mortar round landed on a house, killing a woman along with her daughter on Sunday in Iskandariya, police said.
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