BAGHDAD (AFP) — The US military on Thursday announced the capture of five suspects following a suicide bomb attack in central Baghdad that killed five American soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter.
The five were captured on Tuesday, one day after the attack in Mansur neighbourhood that also killed two Iraqi civilians and wounded three other US soldiers, a military statement said.
It said four of those captured had been "positively identified for their alleged involvement" in Monday's attack.
"The detainees were taken to a coalition force detention facility for further questioning," the statement said, without giving further details of the arrests.
Since the attack, another seven soldiers have been killed in a series of attacks targeting US forces, including three on Wednesday in a rocket attack on a base south of Baghdad.
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