Al-Sadr followers hand over weapons

FOLLOWERS of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr trickled in to police stations in Baghdad's Sadr City district to hand in weapons yesterday as a suicide car bomb killed at least one US soldier and two Iraqis.

At least 24 people were injured in the blast and subsequent gunfire. After the explosion, insurgents opened fire on the convoy from a nearby mosque, said the military.

Iraqi National Guardsmen searched the mosque and surrounding area, but did not locate the gunmen.