FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 23

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 8:30 a.m. British time on Wednesday.

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* BAGHDAD - Three soldiers were killed and two wounded when gunmen opened fire on them in Baghdad's central Bab al-Muadham area, three police officials said. One official said they were shot while on foot patrol, while a second said they were shot in their vehicles.

BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found in different districts across Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded Colonel Yadjar Shukur, chief of Kirkuk's police operations room on Tuesday when it hit his convoy in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed Aziz Sulaiman a professor at Mosul University on Tuesday in southeastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Bagdad, police said.

MOSUL - One body was found with gunshot wounds in eastern Mosul on Tuesday, police said.

(Editing by Ross Colvinm)