U.S. embassy investigates child’s death incident

November 11, 2008 - 01:52:28


BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The U.S. embassy in Baghdad said on Tuesday that it is investigating the death of a child who was hit by one of its reconstruction teams’ vehicles in Nassiriya in southern Iraq.

“The vehicle of one of the reconstruction team’s employees hit a child on Monday afternoon in Nassiriya city,” the embassy said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq.

“The child was sent to a U.S. medical facility and died on his way, and a U.S embassy team will investigate the incident in coordination with the Iraqi officials,” it added.

The embassy expressed deep sorrow over the incident, describing it as painful.

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