US Soldier Shoots Seven-Year-Old in Leg

BAGHDAD, 30 November 2003 — A US soldier shot a seven-year-old child in the leg while pursuing two armed men about 100 km west of Baghdad, the US military said yesterday. A US patrol spotted two armed men and followed them two a house. As the soldiers approached the house, the child pointed an AK-47 rifle at them, and they responded by shooting the child in the leg. The child was taken to a hospital for treatment.