Developments in Iraq on July 16

July 16 (Reuters) - The following are security developments in Iraq on Sunday as of 1200 GMT.

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

* BASRA - A British soldier was killed and another wounded during an operation to seize a suspected "terrorist" in Iraq's restive southern city of Basra, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad, the British military said.

* BAGHDAD - Four people were killed and 10 wounded when two mortar rounds landed on al-Rasool village 30 km northeast of Baghdad, police said.

* KIRKUK - A gunman was killed and two wounded in clashes with Iraqi police and U.S. soldiers in Kirkuk in northern Iraq. The gunbattle erupted after the gunmen ambushed an army major in his car, wounding him, police said.

* BAQUBA - Gunmen attacked the medical detention department in Baquba main hospital and freed at least 13 prisoners and killed four policemen, police said. Three mortar rounds landed around the hospital before the attack, police added.

* NEAR TIKRIT - Gunmen killed three people near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* BALAD - Two bodies were found shot dead with signs of torture in two separate incidents in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday and Sunday, police said.

* MUQDADIYA - Gunmen killed Faris Abdul Latif, a former member of the ousted Baath Party, along with his son in a market in Muqdadiya, 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said. A woman passerby was also killed in the attack.

* MOSUL - The bodies of three women with gunshot wounds were found in the northern city of Mosul, a medical source said.

* DIWANIYA - The body of a police officer was found in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. He was one of four policeman abducted on Saturday, police added.

* NEAR KIRKUK - Gunmen killed two truck drivers and abducted a third on the main road between Baghdad and Kirkuk, police said.

* ZUBAIR - Two British soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in Zubair, a town south of Basra, British military spokesman said.

BAGHDAD - Two people were killed and 30 wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a gathering of labourers in southeastern Baghdad, police said. The target of the explosion was not clear.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed two barbers on Saturday in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - The body of a dead person was found shot dead with signs of torture on Saturday in Kirkuk, police said.

MOSUL - The bodies of three people were found shot dead on Saturday in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.