US contractor killed, several troops injured in rocket attack on Iraqi military base

Washington : A US contractor was killed while several US troops and Iraqi personnel were injured in a rocket attack in northern Iraq, the US military said.

“One US civilian contractor was killed and several US service members and Iraqi personnel were wounded in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base in Kirkuk,” Xinhua quoted the US military’s statement.

The statement did not provide an exact number of US troops wounded in the attack. The attack took place on Friday.