FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq, April 30

NEAR HAWIJA - A roadside bomb killed two U.S. backed neighbourhood patrol members and wounded two others when it struck their patrol near Hawija, 210 km (130 miles) - (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 12:30 p.m. British time on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD - Thirty-two people were killed and 107 others wounded on Tuesday in Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb which struck his vehicle on Tuesday in northwestern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier died of wounds sustained in a small arms fire attack by insurgents on Tuesday in northwestern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Two mortar bombs wounded four people in Bayaa district in southern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Six people were wounded by two mortar bombs in the Hay al-Amil district, southwestern Baghdad, police said.

NEAR HAWIJA - A roadside bomb killed two U.S. backed neighbourhood patrol members and wounded two others when it struck their patrol near Hawija, 210 km (130 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR KUT - Gunmen stormed a house and killed one woman in the west of the city of Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

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

MOSUL - One body was found in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Tuesday, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces captured two wanted men and detained two additional suspects while targeting al Qaeda in Iraq operatives in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.

TIKRIT - Police found two bodies of a man and his wife with gunshot wounds and signs of torture in southern Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay, editing by Peter Graff)

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