Three killed, 34 arrested throughout Iraq (correction)

Nov 17, 2010, 15:21 GMT

   Mosul/Baquba, Iraq - Three civilians were killed in separate incidents and security forces arrested 34 individuals on Wednesday in the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Baquba.

   Police said unknown gunmen killed a civilian near his home located in Sikr, just east of Mosul. Another civilian died in the city after police fired upon him by mistake, a security source said.

   Iraqi security also moved to arrest 21 individuals they said were linked to unrest that has plagued different parts of Mosul, which is located some 400 kilometres north of Baghdad.

   The unrest continued Wednesday, with police finding two unidentified bodies in the centre of the city.

   In the north-east of Iraq in the Diyala province, where several Sunni politicians have been jailed, Iraqi forces arrested another 13 individuals, most of them affiliated with al-Qaeda, police said.

   A man in Baquba, located in the province, was also killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded as police moved to impose a curfew in the area.

   The attacks come less than a day after gunmen attacked and killed two women and a man from the same family while they were home in Mosul. Gunmen this week also shot dead three Christian brothers in their home in the northern city, according to police.