By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : The Multi-National Forces (MNF) have said that a bomb killed four US soldiers in Baghdad raising the death toll of the American troops in Iraq to 4,000 since 2003.
An MNF press release Monday said that the soldiers were killed on Sunday when a bomb exploded near their vehicle south of Baghdad. Another soldier was wounded in the blast, it added.
No other details on the incident were revealed, but the release said the killed soldiers’ names will be announced after their families have been notified by the US Defence Ministry.
Violence has increased lately in Iraq after a period of calmness. Tens of Iraqis were killed in several attacks in Baghdad, Mosul, and Diyala on Sunday.