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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 5
Oct 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1330 GMT on Sunday.

MOSUL - Eleven Iraqis, including three women and three children, were killed during a U.S. raid on a house in Mosul during which a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest, the U.S. military said. A U.S. military spokesman said it was not clear how many had died as a result of the blast and how many as a result of the shooting that preceded it.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a butcher and wounded his son inside their shop in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen stormed a mourning ceremony, killing four people and wounding three others in western Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - One gunman was killed and two policemen wounded in clashes which erupted on Saturday in western Mosul, police said.

NEAR RAMADI - Gunmen attacked a police station, killing two policemen on Saturday just east of Ramadi, police said. Ramadi is 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay)
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