Dec 13 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1130 GMT on Thursday.
NEAR MUQDADIYA - Sixteen dead bodies were found on Thursday in a ditch in the a town north of Baghdad in Iraq's most violent province Diyala, police said. Twelve had been beheaded.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen attacked the dean of Baghdad's University of Technology as he drove in northern Baghdad, wounding him seriously. His daughter was also hurt, police said.
HAWIJA - A body with gunshot wounds was found inside an unfinished house in central Hawija, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.
BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in different districts in Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said.
SAMARRA - Iraqi police killed five gunmen believed to be Arabs from foreign countries on Wednesday in eastern Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
NEAR BAGHDAD - A suspected member of al Qaeda was killed by U.S. forces on Monday during a gunbattle near Adwaniya, 20 km (12 miles) Southeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed a contractor working with U.S. forces in a drive-by shooting in Mansour district of western Baghdad, police said.
HIT - A suicide car bomb targeted the convoy of the mayor of Hit, a town in the western province of Anbar, killing two of his bodyguards and wounding six others including three civilians on Wednesday, police said.
BAGHDAD - Three bombs overnight targeted shops selling alcohol in Baghdad. The shops were damaged but there were no casualties reported, police said.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army killed one gunman and detained 26 suspects over last 24 hours in Iraq, the Defence ministry said.
DOUR - Police found the bodies of a father and son riddled with bullets in the town of Dour, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, near Tikrit. Police said the body of a policeman was also found in the town on Wednesday, shot in the head.