A blast near an American military patrol followed by heavy U.S. gunfire left 15 Iraqis dead and 17 injured in a town west of Baghdad, residents said on Saturday.
According to Reuters, locals in Nasaf, a town just outside Ramadi, west of Baghdad, said a roadside bomb went off next to an American armoured patrol as it passed near the Ibn al-Jawzi mosque shortly after prayers on Friday.
Following the blast, American soldiers opened fire, the residents said, shooting toward those getting out of the mosque.
Munem Aftan, the director of Ramadi General Hospital, said 15 people died, including eight children, and 17 injured.
