Developments in Iraq on March 28
March 28 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents in Iraq on Tuesday as of 1300 GMT.
U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led interim government. The bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has been followed by a surge in sectarian attacks.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*RAMADI - Gunmen abducted the Dean of Anbar University in the city of Ramadi, 100 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
*BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing police uniforms kidnapped 10 people from an electronics shop in northern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing police uniforms kidnapped six people from a currency exchange shop and stole $50,000, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing police uniforms attacked an electronics shop and kidnapped the manager and two other employees, police said.
KIRKUK - A civilian was killed and four policemen and a woman wounded when a roadside bomb hit their patrol in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
LATIFIYA - A woman bystander and 11 policemen were wounded when gunmen attacked a police station on the main road between Iskandariya and Latifiya, south of Baghdad, police said. Mortars were also fired at the area.
(IRAQ-DEVELOPMENTS, reporting by Baghdad newsroom, writing by Aseel Kami, editing by Toby Reynolds)
U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led interim government. The bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has been followed by a surge in sectarian attacks.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*RAMADI - Gunmen abducted the Dean of Anbar University in the city of Ramadi, 100 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
*BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing police uniforms kidnapped 10 people from an electronics shop in northern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing police uniforms kidnapped six people from a currency exchange shop and stole $50,000, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing police uniforms attacked an electronics shop and kidnapped the manager and two other employees, police said.
KIRKUK - A civilian was killed and four policemen and a woman wounded when a roadside bomb hit their patrol in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
LATIFIYA - A woman bystander and 11 policemen were wounded when gunmen attacked a police station on the main road between Iskandariya and Latifiya, south of Baghdad, police said. Mortars were also fired at the area.
(IRAQ-DEVELOPMENTS, reporting by Baghdad newsroom, writing by Aseel Kami, editing by Toby Reynolds)
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