Aug 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1330 GMT on Saturday.

BAGHDAD - A bomb placed in a parked car killed six religious pilgirms and wounded ten others in the Ur district of northeastern Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Police arrested 12 people suspected of involvement in an attack this week on pilgrims in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MAYSAN PROVINCE - Iraqi forces killed three suspected insurgents, captured one other, and confiscated several mortar bombs in the Salam district of the southeastern Maysan province, the Defence Ministry said.

They also discovered what the ministry described as an insurgent headquarters in another area of Maysan province, which contained weapons, maps, tapes and other intelligence related to the movements of an Iraqi army unit.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay; editing by Missy Ryan)

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