(AP)
Updated: 2007-08-01 15:39

BAGHDAD - Three US soldiers were killed and six wounded by a sophisticated armor-piercing bomb in eastern Baghdad, the US military said Wednesday.

A resident walks past a barricade near US military armoured vehicles at the site of a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad August 1, 2007. [Reuters]

An explosively-formed penetrator, or EFP, detonated near the soldiers' patrol during combat operations on Tuesday, the military said in a statement.

The victims' names were withheld pending family notification.