FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Oct 31

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 7:30 p.m. British time on Wednesday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Police said they found six bodies around Baghdad on Wednesday.

* MOSUL - The bodies of eight people including three policemen were found shot and burned in two districts in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - U.S. forces killed three militants during an operation targeting al Qaeda in Kirkuk, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army killed 10 militants and detained 44 during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi forces detained a suspected al Qaeda leader on Monday in the al-Khadhra district of western Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - A roadside bomb killed an off-duty soldier and a policeman and wounded one civilian when it exploded near their car on a main road near Tuz Khurmato, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.