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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 9

March 9 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1630 GMT on Tuesday.

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* MOSUL - Gunmen shot and killed a civilian at a bus terminal in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - Clashes between gunmen and police in central Mosul killed one police and one gunman at a police checkpoint, police said.

* MOSUL - Iraqi police shot and wounded a man who was driving a car laden with explosives. The suspect was arrested, police said, and the explosives were defused.

KIRKUK - Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying a district police chief south of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, wounding two of his guards, police said.

FALLUJA - Gunmen killed two civilians and wounded a third south of Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, on Monday, police said.