Roadside bomb kills three Iraqi soldiers

A roadside bomb killed three Iraqi soldiers in north-east Iraq today, and six people were wounded in attacks by insurgents on four of Baghdad’s 1,200polling stations during the country’s constitutional referendum, police said.

The bomb exploded early today near an Iraqi army and police convoy in an area about 80 miles north-east of Baghdad, killing three policemen and wounding three. The convoy was on a patrol unrelated to the referendum.