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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 28 Oct 2008

Oct 28 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1230 GMT on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb killed four people and wounded 10 others near a market in southwestern Baghdad's Jihad district, police said. An interior ministry source put the toll at five people killed and 15 wounded.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed four police recruits and wounded five others in a drive-by shooting in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four people in the district of Nahda, in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Three people were wounded by a bomb blast in al- Nidhal street, central Baghdad, police said.

TAL AFAR - Police found a decomposed body inside a house under construction in Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said.

HILLA - A body of a policeman was found with gunshot wounds to the head in central Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - One civilian was killed and nine others were wounded by an explosion on Monday in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

(compiled by Aws Qusay)