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Three Iraqis killed in firing practice accident

Other News Materials 16 August 2009 07:54 (UTC +04:00)

Three Iraqis were killed and another wounded when they wandered near an artillery firing exercise held by Iraqi and U.S. troops Saturday, the U.S. military said in a statement, Reuters reported.

Three men and a boy had "been in the vicinity" of an area used for mortar training near Taji, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, while herding cattle, the U.S. military said. The boy was wounded and is in a stable condition.

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