1 Iraqi Killed, 6 Hurt in Baghdad Shooting

U.S. soldiers killed one Iraqi and wounded six others Sunday when the Americans opened fire after a roadside bomb went off near a U.S. patrol in Baghdad, a survivor and hospital officials said.

The explosion missed the convoy as it drove through a western neighborhood of the capital about 8:30 a.m., and caused no injuries, witnesses said. The soldiers opened fire, hitting three cars.

One slain Iraqi and six wounded were brought to nearby Al-Nur hospital, officials there said.

“I was driving near the U.S. convoy when I heard an explosion. Then the U.S. soldiers randomly opened fire,” said Kadhum Salih, a teacher who was wounded in the left hand.

About a half-mile away, gunmen attacked a U.S. convoy on a highway Sunday, setting one of the vehicles ablaze. Witnesses said U.S. soldiers pulled three wounded foreigners from the stricken SUV. The witnesses could not tell if the casualties were dead or alive.

The convoy was made up of a military Humvee and two sport utility vehicles, the sort used by American civilians and officials in Iraq. The SUV was seen still burning later, its hood pockmarked with bullet holes.

Also on Sunday, the military said an 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper died when his vehicle overturned near Baghdad a day earlier. The soldier’s name was not released.