Developments in Iraq on May 3
May 3 (Reuters) - Following are security and political developments in Iraq on Wednesday as of 1130 GMT.
Iraq is forming a new government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency. Sectarian tensions are running high after the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra in February, which unleashed a wave of reprisal attacks.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed four college students on Tuesday in an ambush in a southern Doura district of the capital, police said.
*NAJAF - About 40 parents and relatives of 15 policemen who went missing three weeks ago in Taji, north of Baghdad, demonstrated near police headquarters in the sacred city of Najaf, demanding the governor of Najaf and the national Interior Minster find out what happened to them.
*BAGHDAD - Gunmen wounded professor Riyadh Hadi outside the University of Mustansiriya in eastern Baghdad, police said.
*NIBAI - The bodies of three people were found tortured and shot dead on Tuesday in Nibai, near Dujail, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, the Joint Coordination Centre said.
*YUSUFIYA - A policeman was killed and two others wounded, including a civilian, when a roadside bomb hit their patrol in Yusufiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
FALLUJA - A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of men waiting to sign up to join the police force in the city of Falluja, killing 18 people and wounding 20, doctors said.
*BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded in a crowded market wounding 17 people in the Shi'ite Shula district of the capital, police said.
BAQUBA - A police officer was killed and three wounded as they were disarming a bomb when a second bomb exploded nearby in an apparent ambush in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
BAQUBA - Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Baquba killing a police officer, police said. The clashes are still ongoing, police added.
DHULUIYA - U.S. forces arrested a women doctor late on Tuesday in Dhuluiya, 40 km (25 miles) north of Baghdad, a day after she accused U.S. forces of stealing $4,000 in gold during a raid on her house, officials said.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of 14 people with bullet holes and signs of torture were found in northern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers wounded the driver and two escorts of the deputy speaker of Parliament, Khalid al-Attiya, as they refused to stop near an army checkpoint, police said. Attiya was not in the vehicle.
RAMADI - The governor of rebellious Anbar province survived an assassination attempt unharmed on Tuesday, but the suicide bombing killed at least 10 civilians, the U.S. military said in a statement. (Reporting by Baghdad newsroom; editing by Philippa Fletcher))
Iraq is forming a new government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency. Sectarian tensions are running high after the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra in February, which unleashed a wave of reprisal attacks.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed four college students on Tuesday in an ambush in a southern Doura district of the capital, police said.
*NAJAF - About 40 parents and relatives of 15 policemen who went missing three weeks ago in Taji, north of Baghdad, demonstrated near police headquarters in the sacred city of Najaf, demanding the governor of Najaf and the national Interior Minster find out what happened to them.
*BAGHDAD - Gunmen wounded professor Riyadh Hadi outside the University of Mustansiriya in eastern Baghdad, police said.
*NIBAI - The bodies of three people were found tortured and shot dead on Tuesday in Nibai, near Dujail, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, the Joint Coordination Centre said.
*YUSUFIYA - A policeman was killed and two others wounded, including a civilian, when a roadside bomb hit their patrol in Yusufiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
FALLUJA - A suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of men waiting to sign up to join the police force in the city of Falluja, killing 18 people and wounding 20, doctors said.
*BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded in a crowded market wounding 17 people in the Shi'ite Shula district of the capital, police said.
BAQUBA - A police officer was killed and three wounded as they were disarming a bomb when a second bomb exploded nearby in an apparent ambush in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
BAQUBA - Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Baquba killing a police officer, police said. The clashes are still ongoing, police added.
DHULUIYA - U.S. forces arrested a women doctor late on Tuesday in Dhuluiya, 40 km (25 miles) north of Baghdad, a day after she accused U.S. forces of stealing $4,000 in gold during a raid on her house, officials said.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of 14 people with bullet holes and signs of torture were found in northern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers wounded the driver and two escorts of the deputy speaker of Parliament, Khalid al-Attiya, as they refused to stop near an army checkpoint, police said. Attiya was not in the vehicle.
RAMADI - The governor of rebellious Anbar province survived an assassination attempt unharmed on Tuesday, but the suicide bombing killed at least 10 civilians, the U.S. military said in a statement. (Reporting by Baghdad newsroom; editing by Philippa Fletcher))
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