Developments in Iraq on May 10
May 10 (Reuters) - Following are security and political developments in Iraq on Wednesday as of 0845 GMT.
Iraq is trying to form a government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency. Sectarian tensions have run high since the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra in February, which unleashed a wave of reprisal attacks.
TAL AFAR - A suicide bomber killed 24 people and wounded 35 on Tuesday when he blew his car up in a market in the northern city of Tal Afar, police said on Wednesday, raising the death toll from 17. A hospital source said the casualties included civilians and Iraqi police and troops.
The U.S. military said on Wednesday the explosion killed at least 16 Iraqi civilians and wounded 134 other people.
BAQUBA - Gunmen killed 11 people while they were heading to their work at an electrical equipment factory near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Lieutenant Colonel Salman al-Dahlagi of the Iraqi police said.
Police had earlier given a different version of the incident, saying seven people were killed when a booby-trapped car exploded. Dahlagi said the initial report was based on an erroneous witness statement.
BAQUBA - Gunmen killed Lieutenant Colonel Kanan Hasan, an aide to the head of Baquba's Criminal Intelligence Directorate, along with two body guards, while he was heading to his work in the city, police said.
BAQUBA - A policeman and a civilian were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a police patrol in Baquba, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead an employee of the Ministry of Defence in southwestern Baghdad, police said.
HAWIJA - An army major and two soldiers were seriously wounded when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in Hawija, 70 km southwest of Kirkuk, police said.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament convened to vote on a law regulating the assembly's work. It was the legislature's second normal session since it was elected in December.
Iraq is trying to form a government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency. Sectarian tensions have run high since the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra in February, which unleashed a wave of reprisal attacks.
TAL AFAR - A suicide bomber killed 24 people and wounded 35 on Tuesday when he blew his car up in a market in the northern city of Tal Afar, police said on Wednesday, raising the death toll from 17. A hospital source said the casualties included civilians and Iraqi police and troops.
The U.S. military said on Wednesday the explosion killed at least 16 Iraqi civilians and wounded 134 other people.
BAQUBA - Gunmen killed 11 people while they were heading to their work at an electrical equipment factory near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Lieutenant Colonel Salman al-Dahlagi of the Iraqi police said.
Police had earlier given a different version of the incident, saying seven people were killed when a booby-trapped car exploded. Dahlagi said the initial report was based on an erroneous witness statement.
BAQUBA - Gunmen killed Lieutenant Colonel Kanan Hasan, an aide to the head of Baquba's Criminal Intelligence Directorate, along with two body guards, while he was heading to his work in the city, police said.
BAQUBA - A policeman and a civilian were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a police patrol in Baquba, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead an employee of the Ministry of Defence in southwestern Baghdad, police said.
HAWIJA - An army major and two soldiers were seriously wounded when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in Hawija, 70 km southwest of Kirkuk, police said.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament convened to vote on a law regulating the assembly's work. It was the legislature's second normal session since it was elected in December.
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