At least 10 people have been killed and scores wounded in shooting in Mosul in northern Iraq, a hospital doctor said, as other witnesses alleged United States troops had opened fire.
"There are perhaps 100 wounded and 10 to 12 dead" following the shooting near the local government offices in a central square, Dr. Ayad al-Ramadhani said at the emergency department of the city hospital.
Three witnesses told AFP US troops had fired on the crowd which was becoming increasingly hostile towards the city's new governor, Mashaan al-Juburi, as he was making a pro-US speech.
An AFP reporter saw a wrecked car in the square and ambulances ferrying wounded people to hospital, while a US aircraft flew over the city at very low altitude. (Albawaba.com)
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