Baghdad, July 11: The US military in Iraq says a soldier shot and killed a truck driver who did not respond to warnings to stop on a highway north of Baghdad.
The military says the incident happened at around 2:15 a.m. on Friday when the truck approached a US logistics convoy that had stopped because one of its vehicles had broken down.
In a statement on Saturday, the military said soldiers flashed vehicle lights and shouted for the truck to stop, but it continued to accelerate. The military says a soldier thought the convoy was under attack and fired on the truck.
US and Iraqi forces are jointly investigating the incident, which occurred between the cities of Tikrit and Balad.
—Agencies