FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, March 27

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1930 GMT on Thursday.

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* BAGHDAD - Nine people were killed and 95 others wounded in clashes between Iraqi security forces and Mehdi Army members in different parts of Baghdad, said Major-General Qassim Moussawi, spokesman for Iraqi security forces in Baghdad.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one U.S. soldier in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

* HAMZA - Three policemen were killed and three others, including two soldiers, were wounded in clashes with Mehdi Army fighters in Hamza, 35 km (22 miles) south of Hilla, police said.

* DIWANIYA - One gunman was killed and eight others captured after they attacked a police patrol in central Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, army Colonel Ghasan Mohammed said. One policeman was wounded in the attack. * BAGHDAD - A mortar bomb wounded two people in the Batawin neighborhood of central Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found across Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two soldiers were wounded in clashes with Mehdi Army fighters in Zaafaraniya district in southern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - One person was killed and four others wounded when two mortar rounds landed on an Interior Ministry prison in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen kidnapped Tahseen al-Sheikhli, a civilian spokesman for the Baghdad security plan, designed to make the capital safer, from his home in Baghdad, police said.