FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 3:30 p.m. British time on Thursday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAQUBA - A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed eight people and wounded 14 others near a Shi'ite mosque in the volatile Iraqi city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - A policeman and a girl were injured when a car bomb exploded in front of a church in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The front of the church was badly damaged.

* MOSUL - Militants bombed an empty primary school in the west of Mosul, police said. No one was hurt in the attack.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of five people were found in different districts of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

SALAHUDDIN PROVINCE - Three U.S. soldiers were killed and two wounded by small arms fire during operations in Iraq's northern Salahuddin province on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed seven insurgents loading a vehicle with weapons in Mosul, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed three insurgents and detained nine suspected militants on Tuesday and Wednesday during operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

SULAIMAN PEK - An insurgent was killed on Wednesday while he was trying to rig a car with explosives in the town of Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.