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Iraqi civilian killed in blast
29/06/2003 13:38 - (SA)
Baghdad - One Iraqi civilian was killed and two US soldiers wounded early on Sunday in an apparent attack using an improvised explosive device in Baghdad, a US military spokesperson said.
"Two soldiers from the 18th Military Police Brigade were injured and one Iraqi killed at approximately 07:30 in Baghdad," Specialist G Lorento said.
He did not say if the Iraqi had been an attacker or a bystander or if he had been killed by the blast or by US gunfire.
He was unable to provide a location for the apparent attack, other than saying it occurred on Highway 8 on the US military's maps of the city.
"It was an explosion from an improvised explosive device," he said, adding that two vehicles had been damaged, without specifying if they were US military vehicles or those belonging to Iraqi civilians.
The condition of the two US soldiers, who were transferred to a military hospital, was not known, he said.
A senior coalition official said on Saturday that US forces patrolling the capital were seeing regular instances of improvised explosives being planted on streets targeting US troops. - Sapa-AFP
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