By SPA
Baghdad : Three Iraqis were killed, including a woman, and at least one child was injured after American soldiers stormed a tiny one-room house north of Baghdad and opened fire, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Tuesday.
Iraqi police said a couple and their 19-year-old son were killed, and that their two young daughters were wounded in the U.S. raid around 11 p.m. Monday. One of the young girls died early Tuesday, and the other was evacuated to a U.S. military hospital, police was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
The killings took place in the village of Adwar, 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of Tikrit.
The U.S. military, in response to a query from The Associated Press, released a statement confirming the raid. It said U.S. troops came under small arms fire while entering the building, and that soldiers shot dead two men inside. A woman was killed and one child was injured, but
it was unclear who shot them, the statement said.
The incident remains under investigation, the military said.