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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb. 7

07 Feb 2012 16:34 | Source: reuters // Reuters

Feb 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1630 GMT on Tuesday.

* Indicates a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in Baghdad's southwestern Bayaa district, wounding two policemen, police and hospital sources said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded, killing one person and wounding three others, including a policeman, in Doura district, southern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire with silenced weapons at the convoy of Sajidah al-Dulaimi, the director of a women's prison, killing her and her driver in Doura district, police and forensic sources said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen using automatic weapons opened fire at an army officer's house and killed his wife in Abu Ghraib, on the western outskirts of Baghdad, police said.

HILLA - Police said they found the body of an off-duty police officer with gunshot wounds to the head late on Monday in the southern outskirts of Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. (Reporting by Baghdad newsroom)

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