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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 18 Oct 2009

Oct 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1800 GMT on Sunday.

* denotes a new or updated item.

* ADHAMIYA - A parked car bomb killed five people and wounded 15 in the north Baghdad district of Adhamiya, police said.

* ADHAMIYA - A bomb attached to a motorcycle killed three people and wounded 14 in Adhamiya, police said.

HASWA - A roadside bomb killed two people and wounded nine in Haswa, 50 km (30 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb wounded two people in Zaafaraniya district in southeastern Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A bomb attached to a car injured two construction workers in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A car bomb wounded the manager of a state-run cement company and two bodyguards in northern Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a car killed one person and wounded three others in central Baghdad's Karrada district, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three people in Bayaa district in southwestern Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen opened fire on an Iraqi police checkpoint killing a child and wounding five civilians in central Mosul on Saturday, police said.