FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Dec 28

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0945 GMT (4:45 a.m. EST) on Sunday.

MOSUL - A suicide bomber riding a bicycle packed with explosives killed a 12 year-old boy and wounded 17 others when he struck a demonstration in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - A car bomb exploded near a police patrol, killing two people, one of them a policeman, and wounding 5, near the eastern entrance to the city of Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

BASRA - Basim al-Moussawi, a provincial council member and a candidate in upcoming provincial elections, escaped an assassination attempt when a sticky bomb attached to his car exploded in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Hakim al-Mayahi, the province's security head, said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded two people in Abu Dsheer district of southern Baghdad, police said.

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

KIRKUK - An Iraqi soldier opened fire on and wounded a local provincial council member and killed his bodyguard in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police said. Police arrested the soldier and said after interrogating him that the attack was for "personal reasons."

(Compiled by Aseel Kami)