Saturday, April 9 2005 13:41 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Baghdad: A roadside bombing killed 15 Iraqi soldiers and wounded several others this morning (Apr 9, 2005) in Latifiyah, 40 kilometres south of Baghdad, a Defence ministry official said.

The bomb blew up at 07:30 hrs (local time) (09:00 hrs IST) as a convoy of Iraqi troops passed through the town, the official said on condition of anonymity.

Latifiyah falls within a belt of towns just south of Baghdad, known as the "triangle of death" for its high-rate of murders and kidnappings.