FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 25

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1400 GMT on Thursday.

* denotes new or updated items.

* KHALIS - Two women and two children were killed in a mortar attack in the town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

* BAQUBA - The bodies of eight people were found dumped in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed three gunmen and detained 11 others on Wednesday and Thursday during operations in central Iraq, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed three gunmen and arrested 65 others during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defense Ministry said.

KUFA - Police killed a child when they targeted a car that refused to stop at a checkpoint in Kufa, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, a security source said.

BAGHDAD - An insurgent was wounded when a U.S. helicopter attacked three men trying to place a roadside bomb in northern Baghdad on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.

MAHAWEEL - A motorist was killed by a roadside bomb in Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MAHAWEEL - A handcuffed and blindfolded body with gunshot wounds to the head was found in Mahaweel, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Three mortar bombs wounded one man in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said.

SUWAYRA - Gunmen killed a man and wounded another outside their home in a village near the town of Suwayra, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said.