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Five U.S. soldiers killed in roadside blasts in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Five U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs in two separate incidents in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

In the first attack on Saturday around 1:40 p.m., a patrol hit a roadside bomb in the southern Dora neighbourhood, killing a soldier from Task Force Baghdad, a statement said. Two others were wounded in that incident.

Later that evening, around 11 p.m., four Task Force Baghdad soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in south-western Baghdad.

The names of all the soldiers killed are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

AP

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