(dpa) - Three policemen were killed and another was injured "by mistake" Wednesday by a US patrol in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, according to security sources.
An Iraqi police patrol from the southern Rashad district was heading for Jawija, to the south-west of Kirkuk, when it was shot at by a US patrol by mistake, unnamed security sources told the Voices of Iraq news agency.
The US-led multinational forces did not comment on the incident.