CENTCOM NEWS RELEASE

August 11, 2003
Release Number: 03-08-23

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ONE KILLED, TWO WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK

TIKRIT, Iraq – One 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed and two were wounded in an improvised explosive attack near the Ba’qubah police station Aug. 10 at approximately 9:45 p.m.

The soldiers were evacuated to the 21st Combat Support Hospital for treatment where one soldier subsequently died of wounds received.

The soldiers’ names are being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.