Four coalition soldiers were wounded after being fired on with handguns and rocket-propelled grenades during a three-hour firefight in southern Iraq. The nationalities of the soldiers were not released and their injuries were not considered life-threatening. The Friday evening incident occurred in a sector commanded by British forces. The soldiers were wounded after a crowd of residents gathered around a convoy of coalition vehicles and soldiers who arrested a man believed to have fired on them earlier in the day with an RPG. At about 4 p.m., coalition soldiers were fired at from the crowd, the military said. Troops fired back before the fighting ended just after 7 p.m. It was not known if any bystanders or civilians were injured or killed.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!