News From Iraq

The following are security and other developments in Iraq on Sunday.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 44 suspected insurgents on Saturday in different parts of the country, it said on Sunday.

BAGHDAD - Three suspected insurgents died and a fourth person was wounded in an explosion in a house that an interior ministry source said was being used as a factory for homemade bombs.

BAIJI - A policeman was shot dead by gunmen in the oil refinery city of Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR TUZ KHURMATU - Kidnappers killed a policeman and a civilian after snatching seven people in an ambulance near Tuz Khurmatu, 70 km south of Kirkuk, on Saturday evening. The five others, including a second policeman, were released after being tortured, the police said.

BAGHDAD - Police said they found 15 bodies in different parts of the capital, all bearing signs of torture and shot in the head.

ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb killed four and wounded 11 people travelling together near the town of Iskandariya, 40 km south of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - A policeman was killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Falluja, 50 km west of Baghdad, police said. Two suspects were arrested.

BAGHDAD - Two policemen were seriously hurt by a roadside bomb near their patrol in northern Baghdad, police said.

JURF AL-SAKHAR - A body bearing gunshot wounds was found in Jurf al-Sakhar, 80 km south of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - Gunmen kidnapped a truck driver and set his vehicle on fire, police said.

MOSUL - Three policemen were seriously wounded by a suicide car bombing near their patrol in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km north of Baghdad, police said.

TAL AFAR - The Iraqi army said it had arrested three suspected militants in Tal Afar, west of Mosul.