By Xinhua
Baghdad : A roadside bomb went off near a U.S. patrol in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding three people, a well-informed police source said.
The blast took place in the afternoon when a U.S. patrol was passing through the neighborhood of Baladiyat, damaging a U.S. Humvee and wounding three bystanders, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
It was unclear whether the U.S. soldiers sustained any casualty as the troops immediately cordoned off the scene, the source said.
The U.S. military had no immediate comment on the incident.
Earlier in the day, a roadside bomb detonated in the same neighborhood, wounding three civilians, the police said.
Violence persists in Baghdad although the U.S. and Iraqi officials announced a steep drop of violence in the capital as a result of a major security plan aimed at checking the insurgency and sectarian strife in Baghdad.