FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 4:15 p.m. British time on Tuesday:

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Five U.S. embassy contract workers were hurt after at least one round of "indirect fire" landed in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, an embassy spokesman said. The nationality of the contractors has not yet been confirmed.

BAGHDAD - Police found the bodies of Basim Abdul-Ilah, a director in the Iraq Industry Ministry, and two of his bodyguards in Baghdad, the ministry said in a statement. They had been abducted by gunmen on Sunday.

MAHMUDIYA - Two civilians were killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Five people were killed and 15 wounded when two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession near al-Tayaran square in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed 16 insurgents and arrested 109 others during the past 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 10 suspected insurgents during raids targeting the Ansar al-Sunna group and al-Qaeda in Iraq networks in Mosul, Falluja and Taji, the U.S. military said.

TIKRIT - A policeman and a civilian were killed and a woman was wounded when gunmen attacked a police checkpoint near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.