June 4 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1830 GMT on Wednesday:

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* BAGHDAD - Four civilians were killed and nine people, including three policemen, were wounded when a parked car bomb targeting a police patrol exploded near a restaurant in the Jadriya neighbourhood of southern Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Eighteen civilians were killed and 29 wounded in an explosion in Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Iraqi police said the blast was caused by a truck bomb targeting the home of a senior police officer in the Shaab district, but the U.S. military blamed it on a misfiring militia rocket.

FALLUJA - A roadside bomb struck an army and police convoy, killing two policemen and one soldier and wounding four policemen, near Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, said a police official.

KIRKUK - A bomb exploded outside an alcohol shop, wounding six people in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said at least 10 decaying bodies had been found in a sewer shaft in east Baghdad, apparently victims of sectarian violence about two years ago.

HAWIJA - Three U.S. soldiers were killed by small-arms fire in the town of Hawija, 210 km (130 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of three men were found in different districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - Gunmen killed a member of President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, and a member of Salahuddin's provincial council in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday in the town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Six people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in northeastern Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a man near his home in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed a police colonel and wounded his brother, a police lieutenant-colonel, on Tuesday night in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BALAD - Iraqi forces captured a suspected cell leader for al-Qaeda in Iraq in eastern Mosul on June 2. He is suspected of playing a role in numerous vehicle-borne roadside attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces, which killed Iraqi soldiers. Balad is 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad.

(Compiled by Aseel Kami)

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