FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 29

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 6 a.m. EDT on Sunday:

DHULUIYA - A bomb blast killed five policemen and wounded two others when it struck their patrol in Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded six people when it narrowly missed hitting a police patrol but exploded by a minibus in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed an off-duty policeman on Saturday outside his house in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed two militants and detained 15 suspected militants while targeting al Qaeda in Baghdad, Mosul and the town of Sharqat on Saturday and Sunday, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces destroyed weapons, seized money and detained nine suspected al Qaeda militants in various places in the Tigris River Valley in an operation ending on Thursday, the U.S. military said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay, editing by Tim Cocks)