By Xinhua
Baghdad : An Iraqi civilian and a U.S. soldier were killed and four people were wounded in two bomb attacks in the capital on Saturday, an Interior Ministry source said.
“A booby-trapped car detonated at about 6:30 a.m. (0230 GMT) in the al-Milhaniyah area in Baghdad’s southwestern neighborhood of Hai al-Amil, killing one civilian and wounding four others,” the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The blast also damaged several nearby shops and buildings, the source added.
Three hours later, a roadside bomb exploded at about 09:30 a.m.(0530 GMT) near a passing U.S. patrol on the Muhammad al-Qassim highway in eastern Baghdad, the source said.
A U.S. Humvee was badly charred by the blast, the source said citing police report from the site of the attack, which said that a U.S. soldier aboard was killed by the blast. The U.S. military has not confirmed the information yet. Violence continues in the capital despite a security plan staged by the U.S. and Iraqi security forces in the capital since February 14 with an aim of putting rampant violence under control.