US soldiers kill Iraqi teen, injure four at wedding

United States soldiers yesterday opened fire on a wedding in the Iraqi city of Fallujah where guns were being fired in the air. They killed a 14-year-old boy and injured four other people, including two women.

Witnesses said the soldiers were driving in a convoy about 11pm local time and apparently thought the celebratory gunfire was aimed at them. They opened fire at the wedding and at passers-by.

A US military spokesman in Baghdad said he did not yet have any information on the incident.

Fallujah, west of Baghdad, has been the site of many attacks on US soldiers.

Herald Feature: Iraq