Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0730 GMT on Sunday.

KIRKIK - Two bombs exploded in quick succession and wounded three policemen and four Kurdish Asaish security officers as they gathered after the first explosion in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Police found the body of a civil servant at a state-run medicine factory shot in the head and chest two hours after he was kidnapped in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - Gunmen shot at a car of a private Iraqi security company, killing one security guard and wounding one on Saturday in the town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. (Compiled by Baghdad bureau)





Reuters