Four US soldiers killed, two wounded in Baghdad attack: witnesses

BAGHDAD (AFP) Jul 01, 2003
Four US soldiers were killed and two others wounded Tuesday in a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack on their vehicle by unknown assailants in central Baghdad, witnesses told AFP.

The attack occured at 10:00 am (0600 GMT) when assailants fired an RPG on a US Humvee light multi-wheeled vehicle near a gas station in the al-Mustansiriya neighborhood, they said.

Four US troops were killed and two others wounded, they said. The casualties were immediately removed from the scene.

An Iraqi civilian was also wounded and taken to hospital, said the witnesses, confirming that his 18-seat transport bus parked by the gas station was completely burnt.

There was no immediate confirmation by the US military of the attack or the casualties.

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