Security developments in Iraq, May 23

KIRKUK: A parked car bomb targeted a passing police convoy and killed two civilians and wounded 14 (fourteen) including some policemen in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. A local police commander was also wounded.

Baghdad A parked car bomb exploded at dawn near stores in eastern Baghdad causing a damage to many shops including seven liquor stores, an Interior Ministry source said.

Baghdad a road-side bomb wounded six people in the western district of Khadra, an Interior Ministry source said.

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