US Fire Kills Six Iraqis in Tikrit

World | August 8, 2003, Friday // 00:00

Five Iraqi men and one child were killed early Friday by US gunfire in a street market in the town of Tikrit. US soldiers opened fire at five arms sellers who were test firing Kalashnikov assault rifles for customers at 8:30 am, killing them. A child who was in the marketplace of the town, 175 kilometers north of Baghdad, was also fatally shot, and a woman was wounded. There was no immediate confirmation of the incident from the US military.

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