April 2 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2000 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes new or updated item.

BASRA - A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy carrying Iraqi generals in a Shi'ite militia stronghold in the southern city of Basra, but the officials were unhurt, one of the officers said. Major-General Mohammed al-Askari, spokesman for Iraq's Defence Ministry, said he was in a convoy with Basra's security chief, Lieutenant-General Mohan al-Firaiji, when the blast went off in the Hayaniya neighbourhood.

* BAGHDAD - The government said it would lift the vehicle curfew on Kadhimiya on Thursday morning at 6:00 a.m. (0900 GMT). Kadhimiya is one of the three remaining Baghdad neighbourhoods to still have a partial curfew after last week's fighting.

* MOSUL - A suicide truck bomber targeting an Iraqi army checkpoint killed seven civilians and wounded 12 including three soldiers, west of Mosul, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Two bodies were found in Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A mortar round wounded four people in the Mashtal neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad, police said.

* KIRKUK - Gunmen opened fire on a car, killing an off-duty policeman in central Kirkuk, police said.

* KIRKUK - A bullet-riddled body was found in the trunk of a car in southern Kirkuk, police said.

MOSUL - Police said they found two bodies with gunshot wounds and signs of torture in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded eight people including four policemen in central Mosul, police said.

AL-BAAJ - Gunmen killed two off-duty policemen and a civilian when they opened fire on their car in the town of al-Baaj, about 100 km (60 miles) west of Mosul, said the town's mayor, Abdul Rahman al-Shimari.

NEAR DHULIUYA - Gunmen killed four people and kidnapped four others at a fake checkpoint near Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad. Those kidnapped included Sheikh Ali Dhaher, a tribal leader, said Lieutenant-Colonel Muhammad Jasim of the Dhuluiya police.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded at a police checkpoint in the Qahira neighbourhood in northern Baghdad, wounding three policemen, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded in eastern Baghdad, killing two people and wounding three others including an Iraqi cameraman working for a local television station, police said.

MOSUL - A car bomb wounded three policeman in eastern Mosul, police said.

TIKRIT - The U.S. military said it had discovered 15 weapons caches and a bomb-making factory in northern Iraq on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed two female employees from a private company when they opened fire on their car in Baghdad, police said. A man was wounded in the attack.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi police found two bodies in different areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

MAHMUDIYA - Gunmen in a car shot dead a teacher and wounded his son on Tuesday in the town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

SHIRQAT - The U.S. military said eight members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood police patrol were killed and three wounded on Tuesday while they were moving a bomb they had found in Shirqat town, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad. Police said five members of the patrol were killed. The patrol was taking the bomb away for detonation when it exploded.

(Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary, editing by Dean Yates)

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