9 Iraqis wounded in Baghdad violence

Nine Iraqis were wounded in separate incidents in Baghdad on Thursday, a well-informed police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Seven people were wounded in the morning when a roadside bomb went off near a police patrol passing in the Nuwab Street in Baghdad's northern district of Kadhmiyah, the source said.

Meanwhile, a man and his wife were wounded when a U.S. patrol, travelling on a main road just south of Baghdad, opened fire on their car, the source said.

The source could not immediately tell what push the U.S. patrol to open fire, as the incident is under investigation, the source added.

Also in south of Baghdad, a roadside bomb detonated near a U.S. patrol close to an Iraqi security checkpoint just outside the capital, damaging a U.S. vehicle, the source said, adding that he could not confirm whether U.S. soldiers sustained any casualty as the troops sealed off the area.

The U.S. military did not confirm yet both the incidents that its troops involved.

Sporadic attacks continue in Iraqi cities despite the U.S. and Iraqi officials announced a relative lull in violence during the past months.

The attack came one month after U.S. troops pulled out of Iraqi cities and towns in line with a security pact signed late last year between Baghdad and Washington.