Iraqi military says rocket attack in Baghdad kills child

A rocket attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, which houses diplomatic missions and government buildings, killed a child and wounded five more civilians. Two Iraqi security forces personnel were also injured inside the Green Zone.

Baghdad: Rockets struck Iraq's capital on Tuesday with four landing inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, Iraq’s military said, killing a child and wounding at least five people, signalling an end to an informal truce announced by Iran-backed militias in October.

Two Iraqi security officials said one of the rockets that hit the Green Zone struck close to Iraq's National Security Service, just 600 meters (2,000 feet) from the American Embassy.

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Some of the rockets were intercepted by the C-RAM air defence system installed by the U.S. earlier this year, they said.

Iraq's military said three rockets landed outside the Green Zone, one hitting close to Baghdad Medical City hospital, one at the gate of a public park, and a third exploded in the air.

One child was killed and five civilians were wounded.

Officials said two Iraqi security forces personnel were also wounded inside the Green Zone.

They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

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The military said the incident would not go without “prosecution and accountability.”

U.S. troops invaded Iraq in 2003 and left in 2011 but returned in 2014 after the Islamic State group overran large parts of Iraq.

AP