By SPA
Baghdad : U.S. soldiers killed an Iraqi civilian who raised suspicion and failed to heed warnings to stop as he approached them on a foot patrol north of Baghdad, the military said Thursday, according to AP.
The man was wearing a bulky jacket and had his hands in his pockets Wednesday as he walked toward the troops in the area around Muqdadiyah, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, according to a statement.
U.S. troops issued warnings for the man to stop, then killed him when he failed to heed them, the military said, adding no weapon was found when the man was searched. No U.S. troops were wounded in the incident, which was under investigation.
The U.S. military said it did not have any reports indicating the man who was killed was mentally disabled.
In a separate incident, the military said a young Iraqi man that may have been mentally disabled was shot and wounded after he ran toward a patrol Thursday in Tahrir, another Diyala town.
Maj. Daniel J. Meyers, a spokesman for the U.S. military, said the man was running toward the military patrol possibly to avoid being kidnapped. The patrol warned the man to stop but when the man did not, he was shot, Meyers said.
The military received small arms fire as it performed first aid on the man, who was later evacuated by helicopter, Meyers said. His condition was unknown.
The military said the man could have been disabled because he did not respond to multiple warnings to stop and did not speak coherently.