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Baghdad: A US military vehicle was blown up in Central Baghdad in a grenade attack on July 1 near a gas station, killing four US soldiers and injuring another two.

The armoured car was attacked near al-Mustansiriyah University in the heart of the capital. An American and an Iraqi car were on fire, a witness said.

US soldiers cordoned off the area and began to investigate. They refused to comment on the incident. Earlier in the day, a US soldier was lightly wounded when a military convoy was attacked by a rocket- propelled grenade near Baghdad airport, the US military said.

Meanwhile, a massive explosion rocked a mosque in the Iraqi town of Fallujah, killing at least five Iraqi civilians and injuring four others, witnesses and hospital sources said.

Iraqi civilians said the blast was caused by a missile or bomb strike, but American soldiers at the scene disputed that account, saying it was caused when explosives hidden at the site went off.

ANI