Suicide bomber kills US diplomatic agent and three guards

A suicide car bomber attacked a US diplomatic convoy in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing four Americans and wounding two others, a US official said today.

A US Diplomatic Security agent and three private security guards died when the suicide bomber rammed their SUV, the middle vehicle in a convoy of three.

The official said the victims were attached to the US Consulate in Mosul, Iraq’s third largest city, 225 miles north of Baghdad.

On September 7, a roadside bomb killed four private American guards who worked as security agents for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security in Basra.

The attack was claimed by al-Qaida in Iraq.