By SPA
Washington : A U.S. government employee was killed in Baghdad’s Green Zone during rocket attacks this week that left four others wounded, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.
The Green Zone, a compound used by diplomatic and government workers in Baghdad has come under fire on four separate days in the last seven, according to State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
“During this period a total of five U.S. government employees have been injured seriously. One of those five has died from his injuries,” McCormack said.
He said the person killed was believed to be a U.S. Army contract employee.
McCormack said Green Zone rocket attacks occurred on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. He said the attacks were being launched by “extremist criminal elements.”