Baghdad: US soldiers killed the son and nephew of an Iraqi governor during an operation in Tikrit, an official said.
Deputy Governor of Salahiddin, Abdullah Jebara told KUNA that US forces broke into the home of the sister of Governor Hamad Al-Kashti and killed the two teenagers yesterday.
He added that the two boys, who died of direct gunfire, did not have any weapons on them.
The name of the owner of the house was similar to the name of a wanted person, he pointed out.
Jebara said US forces had called the governorate, admitted and apologised for the mistake, and stressed that they would investigate the incident.
The bodies of the two boys are now at the US base north of Tikrit and a delegation had headed there to receive them, he noted.
Jebara condemned the incident as an example of use of excessive force by US troops in Iraq.
