Two US soldiers killed in Iraq attacks

A roadside bomb killed an American soldier and wounded another in Baghdad today, while a US Marine died as a result of hostile action west of the capital yesterday, the US military said.

The soldier who died in Baghdad belonged to the US Army’s 1st Armoured Division, the military said in a statement. The attack was in the Mansour neighbourhood.

The injured soldier was in stable condition at a combat support hospital.

Separately, the US Marine was killed “as a result of enemy action” in Anbar province yesterday, according to a statement from Camp Fallujah, the Marine base in the area.

US Marines are responsible for security in the city of Fallujah, where a mob mutilated the bodies of four American private security men after they were killed by rebels on Wednesday.

In the north, a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the entrance to a town hall, killing himself and two other people, police said.

The bomb exploded in Riyadh, 16 miles west of Kirkuk, said police Colonel Sarhat Qadir.

He said some American soldiers were inside the town hall at the time of the explosion, but were unhurt.