A total of 4,106 US service members were killed since the beginning of the Iraq war. Photo by CNN
An explosion rocked Tuesday a municipal building in Baghdad's Sadr City neighbourhood, killing six Iraqis, two US soldiers and two civilian US Embassy employees.
The blast occurred during a meeting of the district advisory council, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
US troops detained a suspect in connection with the attack, as he was captured "fleeing the scene and tested positive for explosive residue," the military said as cited by CNN.
The explosion follows a Pentagon report issued Monday that touted a sharp decrease in violence in Iraq.
A total of 4,106 US service members were killed since the beginning of the Iraq war.