Baghdad, August 23: The US soldiers have killed an Iraqi civilian after they stormed his home in the eastern province of Diyala, an Iraqi official has said.
The owner of the house was shot dead and one of his children was injured, when the US soldiers broke in the house in the Mullah Huwaish village, Emirates news agency reported on Saturday.
The injured person was then arrested under the pretext that he is wanted by the judicial authorities.
The incident comes a week after American troops shot dead three children in northern Iraq , according to the Iraq News Agency (Al-dar al-Araqiya).
The children — all under twelve — were killed while they were shepherding in the northern Iraqi town of al-Tarmia on 16 Aug 2009, the report added.
The reported attacks on the Iraqi civilians by the US soldiers comes as the US troops were ordered to withdraw from Iraqi cities and towns on June 30.
According to a security agreement between Baghdad and Washington, the US troops need a permission from the Iraqi government to carry out any military operation in the Iraqi cities and towns.
The US military has not yet released any statement on both incident.
—–Agencies