Developments in Iraq on June 3
…BASRA – A car bomb in the southern city of Basra killed at least 28 people and wounded 62, police said. Police sources said the bomb exploded near a market in the centre of the city.
BAGHDAD – A Russian embassy employee was killed in Baghdad and four others kidnapped, Russia’s Foreign Ministry and police in the capital said.
BAGHDAD – Police found 22 bodies in different parts of Baghdad with bullet wounds and signs of torture, police said.
BAQUBA – Six policemen were killed and two wounded when gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in central Baquba 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
KIRKUK – Gunmen shot dead a civilian in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
NEAR BAQUBA – Police said they found eight severed heads by the side of a road near Baquba. Documents at the scene indicated that one of them belonged to Sunni preacher Abdulazeez Hameed al-Mashhadani of a mosque in Tarmiya 30 km (20 miles) north of Baghdad.
BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol in central Baghdad, wounding two civilians, police said.
BAGHDAD – Two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in eastern Baghdad, police said.
BAQUBA – Gunmen killed three people in an automobile spare parts shop in Baquba, police said.
KIRKUK – Police found the body of a woman beside a highway northwest of Kirkuk.
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