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08-10-2002, 04:54 PM
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Two people were killed and an American soldier was wounded in a shootout involving U.S. Marines training on a Kuwaiti island in the Gulf, security sources said Tuesday.
"The island of Failaka is sealed off now and no one can get in now," a well-placed source told Reuters. "A civilian vehicle fired at the Americans who returned fire and killed two people in the car. One American was wounded."
U.S. military and diplomatic sources were unable to immediately give a detailed account of the incident but they are expected to issue an official statement later Tuesday.
An Arab defense source told Reuters the two killed were probably of Asian origin.
No other details were immediately available but several Arab and Western sources said a shootout took place on the island on Tuesday.
"The island of Failaka is sealed off now and no one can get in now," a well-placed source told Reuters. "A civilian vehicle fired at the Americans who returned fire and killed two people in the car. One American was wounded."
U.S. military and diplomatic sources were unable to immediately give a detailed account of the incident but they are expected to issue an official statement later Tuesday.
An Arab defense source told Reuters the two killed were probably of Asian origin.
No other details were immediately available but several Arab and Western sources said a shootout took place on the island on Tuesday.