TALLINN, Oct 25 (AFP) - One Estonian soldier was killed and five others wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in the path of their convoy in Baghdad on Monday, Estonian military officials said.
The Estonians were patrolling on trucks when an improvised bomb exploded under one truck, killing a soldier, an army spokesman said, without providing the exact location of the attack.
The US military reported the same attack, which they said had targeted a convoy in western Baghdad on Monday, killing one soldier in the US-led coalition and wounding five others.
Estonia has 45 soldiers serving with US-led forces in Iraq and has lost one serviceman so far, who died in February in a gun attack in the Iraqi capital.
According to official sources, two of the five injured Estonian soldiers are severely wounded.
At least five roadside bombs targeting US military convoys in Baghdad and the restive city of Ramadi, to the west of the capital, were reported Monday, although there were no casualties caused by the other attacks.
Australian troops also came under direct fire for the first time in a targeted car bomb attack that left three Iraqi civilians dead and 16 people wounded, including three Australian troops.
10/25/2004 14:32 GMT - AFP