Developments in Iraq on May 6
May 6 (Reuters) - Following are security and political developments in Iraq on Saturday as of 1230 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 new or updated entry.
* BASRA - A British military helicopter was hit by a rocket and went down in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday, Lieutenant Colonel Kareem al-Zaidi, spokesman for the Basra police, said.
* SAMARRA - Two policemen were killed and another was wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police said.
* KIRKUK - Gunmen opened fire and killed a civilian and wounded two in the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday, police said.
* DIWANIYA - A Polish soldier was lightly wounded on Saturday when a bomb went off near the city of Diwaniya 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, Polish Defence Ministry spokesman Zdzislaw Gnatowski said.
BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed on Friday when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
TIKRIT - A suicide bomber wearing Iraqi army uniform detonated his explosives vest inside an Iraqi military base in Tikrit on Saturday, killing three Iraqi army officers and wounding one, Interior Ministry sources and police said.
BAGHDAD - Two children aged five and six were killed and three adult civilians were wounded when a mortar round landed on Baghdad's western district of Shula on Saturday, police said.
BAGHDAD - Police on Saturday found six bodies in different parts of Baghdad with signs of torture and gunshots to the head, police said.
YUSIFIYA - Four civilians were wounded on Saturday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Yusifiya 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
JURF AL-SAKHAR - Two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated near their patrol in Jurf al-Sakhar 85 km (55 miles) south of Baghdad on Friday, police said.
MAHAWEEL - Three police commandos were kidnapped on Saturday by gunmen in Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
MAHAWEEL - Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms ambushed and kidnapped two truck drivers in Mahaweel on Saturday, police said.
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 new or updated entry.
* BASRA - A British military helicopter was hit by a rocket and went down in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday, Lieutenant Colonel Kareem al-Zaidi, spokesman for the Basra police, said.
* SAMARRA - Two policemen were killed and another was wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police said.
* KIRKUK - Gunmen opened fire and killed a civilian and wounded two in the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday, police said.
* DIWANIYA - A Polish soldier was lightly wounded on Saturday when a bomb went off near the city of Diwaniya 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, Polish Defence Ministry spokesman Zdzislaw Gnatowski said.
BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed on Friday when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
TIKRIT - A suicide bomber wearing Iraqi army uniform detonated his explosives vest inside an Iraqi military base in Tikrit on Saturday, killing three Iraqi army officers and wounding one, Interior Ministry sources and police said.
BAGHDAD - Two children aged five and six were killed and three adult civilians were wounded when a mortar round landed on Baghdad's western district of Shula on Saturday, police said.
BAGHDAD - Police on Saturday found six bodies in different parts of Baghdad with signs of torture and gunshots to the head, police said.
YUSIFIYA - Four civilians were wounded on Saturday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Yusifiya 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
JURF AL-SAKHAR - Two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated near their patrol in Jurf al-Sakhar 85 km (55 miles) south of Baghdad on Friday, police said.
MAHAWEEL - Three police commandos were kidnapped on Saturday by gunmen in Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
MAHAWEEL - Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms ambushed and kidnapped two truck drivers in Mahaweel on Saturday, police said.
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