Baghdad, Jul 12 (Prensa Latina) Three people were killed in a car bomb attack in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk Tuesday, while the US military reported the death of a soldier wounded Monday.

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According to Iraqi and US military preliminary reports, the Kirkuk suicide car bomb detonated when a police convoy was passing by, killing three and wounding about 15. No further information was provided.



Meanwhile, the US central command released that an American soldier died Tuesday after being wounded west of Baghdad Monday when his patrol vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.



The release also added that 14 people identified as insurgents were killed in military operations against the rebels in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, 37 miles west of Mosul.



With the recent US casualty, the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq since US-led invasion of the Arab country (March-April 2003), amounts to 1,755.