FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 7

April 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1800 GMT on Monday.



* BAGHDAD - U.S. helicopters fired Hellfire missiles into Sadr City and the New Baghdad district, where a fixed-wing fighter also dropped a bomb on a mortar firing position, the U.S. military said.

* BAGHDAD - Nine people died from a missile strike in the Amin district of eastern Baghdad, Iraqi police said.

* BAGHDAD - A helicopter strike in the Sadr City slum killed four people and injured five, hospital sources said.

* BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed by small arms fire while on patrol in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Army killed five militants and arrested 58 others during last 24 hours in different areas across Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

BASRA - A roadside bomb targeted the convoy of interior ministry spokesman Major-General Abdul-Karim Khalaf, wounding two of his guards in northern Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

BASRA - An explosion destroyed a house in Iraq's southern city of Basra overnight and Iraqi police said eight people had died.

BAGHDAD - One mortar bomb landed on a sport club in eastern Baghdad, wounding two people, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb blast near a police patrol wounded five people in the New Baghdad district, in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two seperate roadside bombs wounded 10 people including five policemen in the Zayyouna district, in eastern Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay, editing by Noah Barkin)