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October 28, 2004
Release Number: 04-10-25C
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUSPECTED CAR BOMB KILLS ONE SOLDIER, WOUNDS TWO IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- One Task Force Baghdad Soldier died and two others were wounded when insurgents attacked their patrol detonating a possible vehicle-borne improvised explosive device this morning at about 7:30 a.m. in southern Baghdad.
All three Soldiers were medically evacuated to a military medical treatment facility. One Soldier died of wounds received in the blast. The two other injured Soldiers received minor wounds from the incident.
The name of the Soldier killed in this incident is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Explosive ordnance experts arriving on scene after the explosion were still trying to determine what caused the explosion. One, and possibly two, Iraqi civilians were also killed in the blast.
The incident is under investigation.
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