Developments in Iraq on April 3

April 3 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents in Iraq on Monday as of 1345 GMT.

U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led interim government. The bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has been followed by a surge in sectarian attacks.

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

*NEAR LATIFIYA - Police said they found the blindfolded, mutilated bodies of two unknown people who had been shot dead near Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed the Imam of a Sunni mosque in the oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR BAIJI - Two soldiers were killed and three wounded when gunmen attacked their patrol near Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAIJI - A policeman was killed and two others wounded when gunmen attacked their patrol in Baiji, police said.

BASRA - Gunmen killed six civilians, including a child, in the city of Basra, police said.

NEAR MOSUL - The Iraqi Army arrested 12 insurgents on Sunday near Mosul, the Iraqi government said.

BAGHDAD - Two civilians were killed and six wounded when a car bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in northeastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed three women and a man on Sunday in an attack on their house in the southern Dora district of Baghdad, police said on Monday.

BAGHDAD - Five civilians were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a convoy of SUVs in central Baghdad, police said. The vehicles are usually used by foreign contractors.