FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 23
(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1130 GMT on Tuesday.
* denotes new or updated item.
* SAMARRA - The U.S. military said six Iraqi civilians were among 11 people killed in an air strike by an attack helicopter near Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, after five men were seen planting a roadside bomb. Iraqi police said 16 civilians, including women and children, were killed and 14 wounded.
* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed one insurgent and wounded five in an air strike on Monday in northern Baghdad on men planting a roadside bomb, the U.S. military said.
* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed one insurgent and detained 10 suspected insurgents during military operations on October 20-22 in the areas of Baghdad, Mosul, Thar Thar and Rabiae, the U.S. military said.
NEAR BAQUBA - A roadside bomb exploded near a minibus, killing three people, including one woman, and wounding 10, including five women, on the main road near the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
NEAR FALLUJA - Police found 15 men shot, bound and blindfolded, in a deserted building on Monday in a town near Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police Lieutenant Colonel Jubair al-Dulaimi said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded two people in the eastern Zayouna district of Baghdad, police said.
