Feb 27 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1130 GMT on Wednesday.

MOSUL - Two people were killed and one wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police patrol in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, said Brigadier-General Khalid Abdul-Sattar, the military spokesman for Nineveh province.

BAGHDAD - One Shi'ite pilgrim was killed and two wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their minibus in eastern Baghdad, police said. The pilgrims were returning from the Arbain religious rite in southern Kerbala.

MOSUL - Two gunmen were killed during clashes with Iraqi soldiers in Mosul, Nineveh security spokesman Brigadier-General Khalid Abdul-Sattar said. He said one of the gunmen was an Iraqi and the other was a Saudi national.

LAKE THAR THAR - Gunmen attacked a checkpoint manned by Iraqi police and members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood police unit, killing two and wounding three, near Lake Thar Thar, 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said.

TIKRIT - An off-duty Iraqi soldier was killed and two wounded when gunmen opened fire on their car near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAIJI - Gunmen wounded four off-duty policemen in a drive-by shooting in Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The body of a man was found in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

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