In Mosul, the Iraqi resistance have seized control of another police station and burned down the governor’s house. The interim Iraqi government has reportedly fired the police chiefs of Mosul and Samarra for failing to protect the city’s from attacks by resistance fighters. In Baiji, the resistance claims to have taken control of parts of the city and have destroyed one of the city’s key bridges. Fighting has also broken out in the Iraqi city of Baqouba and the nearby town of Buhriz. In Samarra, a strict curfew has been put in place that forces residents to say insider for all but four hours a day.