Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 8

BAGHDAD, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Tuesday, Aug. 8, as of 1100 GMT.

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

*BAGHDAD - A police commando was wounded when a roadside bomb went off near his patrol in the eastern Zayouna district of Baghdad, police said.

*ISKANDARIYA - Two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol on the main road between Mussayab and Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

*RASHAD - Gunmen killed two employees of a private company in the small town of Rashad, near Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

*FALLUJA - Gunmen killed a police lieutenant colonel and wounded his brother in Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

*NEAR BAGHDAD - The bodies of seven people wearing military uniforms were found shot dead in a small town 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

*MOSUL - Gunmen killed two people at a mobile telephone shop in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

*TIKRIT - Two separate roadside bomb attacks killed a policeman and wounded eight civilians, including a child, in Tikrit, 175 km (110 km) north of Baghdad, police said.

*HAWIJA - Police arrested two insurgents while they were planting bombs on the side of the road near Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - Ten people were killed and 69 wounded when two roadside bombs exploded in al-Shorja market in central Baghdad, police sources said.

BAGHDAD - Three separate roadside bomb attacks in Baghdad killed at least nine people, police said. Two of the blasts targeted police, and the third was aimed at one of Baghdad's busiest bus stations, police added.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen stormed a bank in the northern Baghdad district of Adhamiya, killing five people -- three bodyguards and two employees -- before walking away with the equivalent of $4,000, police sources said.