Oct 13 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq reported on Friday as of 1000 GMT:

HILLA - A bomb planted inside a police station killed Colonel Salam al-Mamoury, commander of the anti-insurgent Scorpion police force, and five other people. The blast wounded 12 others and punched a hole in the building's ceiling in central Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR DHULUIYA - The bodies of 14 workers, their throats slit and their hands and legs bound, were found in an orchard near Dhuluiya, a town 40 km (25 miles) north of Baghdad in central Sunni Salahedin province, police said. The labourers were from the mostly Shi'ite town of Balad, north of Baghdad.

NEAR BASRA - Sheikh Radhi al-Assadi, local head of a Shi'ite Muslim religious association, was gunned down on Thursday night just west of Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

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