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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 23

23 Jun 2010 20:38:14 GMT

June 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2030 GMT on Wednesday.

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* MOSUL - Gunmen killed three policemen at a checkpoint in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Two civilians were wounded when gunmen threw a hand grenade towards a police patrol in central Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a car wounded the driver and his wife in al-Yarmouk district of western Baghdad late on Tuesday, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - Two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated near a convoy carrying a newly-elected member of the Iraqi parliament from the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI) near the town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)