A roadside bomb struck a US military convoy in the flashpoint town of Dhuluiyah north of Baghdad, the US military said on Sunday.

"Three US soldiers were wounded when an improvised explosive device IED detonated near the US patrol in Dhuluiyah on Saturday,"an officer from the 42nd US Infantry Division based in Tikrit told reporters.

US soldiers opened fired at a militant, who they believed was the igniter of the IED, injuring him before they took him under custody for interrogation.

Last month, the town of Dhuluiyah, some 80 km north of Baghdad,was the scene of a US military offensive against insurgents who attacked a convoy of trucks carrying military supplies for US troops.

The attack damaged three trucks in the convoy guarded by US troops and killed three drivers, probably Turkish nationals.

Source: Xinhua