An Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters news agency in Iraq were killed in Baghdad today in what police said was American military action and witnesses described as a helicopter attack.
Photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen (22), and driver Saeed Chmagh (40), were killed in eastern Baghdad, the international news and information company said.
The US military said it was looking into the reports but had no immediate statement.
A preliminary police report obtained by Reuters said Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh had been killed by a "random American bombardment" that killed nine other people.
The report was issued by the al-Rashad police station, the closest station to the scene. Reuters obtained a photocopy of the report. It was based upon witness accounts of the incident and signed by a lieutenant-colonel, the head of the station.