Italian guards held after Baghdad shooting

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers on Monday detained a group of Italian private security guards after they opened random fire in central Baghdad wounding a woman, a senior Iraqi army officer told AFP.
"Iraqi soldiers arrested some men of an Italian PSD (private security detail) after they opened fire randomly on citizens in Karrada (neighbourhood) in which a woman was wounded," Brigadier General Qasim Ata told AFP.
"They are in custody now and the incident is under investigation."
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11/19/2007 17:54 GMT