Two people were killed and 15others injured in attacks across Baghdad on Wednesday, a well-informed police source said.
One civilian was killed and six others were injured when U.S. troops opened fire after being hit by a roadside bomb near their patrol in Baghdad's southeastern neighborhood of Fadhiliyah, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The source could not tell whether there were casualties among the U.S. soldiers as the troops immediately cordoned off the scene. The U.S. military did not confirm both incidents yet. Another civilian was killed and four others were wounded when two mortar rounds struck a residential area in the Rahmaniyah neighborhood in central the capital, the source said. In a separate incident, clashes broke out between U.S. troops and Mahdi Army militiamen in the al-Baladiyat neighborhood in eastern Baghdad resulted in the wounding of three people, the source said.
Separately, several mortar rounds struck the Shiite
neighborhoods of Bayaa and al-Amil in southern Baghdad, injuringsix civilians, he said.
In addition, four mortar rounds landed on the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad around midday, the source said. Sporadic attacks continue on the Green Zone, which houses the Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies, including the U.S. one, while clashes between Shiite Mahdi Army militia and U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces flared up since late last month.
Source:Xinhua
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