At least four Iraqis and a US soldier were killed on 5 December in a roadside bombing in central Baghdad, announced local police. The men were killed when a bomb exploded as a US military convoy passed through a busy street, policeman Sami Hadi told Reuters. The Iraqi men were travelling in a mini bus travelling the opposite direction. About 16 Iraqis were injured in the incident. US military officials said that they had no immediate information about the attack, but that they were investigating it.