Baghdad  - At least three people were killed on Saturday and another three wounded in separate attacks in Iraq, media reports said.

In the Iraqi province of Nineveh, police sources told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency that members of a US patrol opened fire on civilians, killing two and wounding a child.

Sources said that US forces shot at civilians after an explosive device was detonated in the Nabi Younes area in the northern city of Mosul.

No further details were mentioned about the incident, while the US military did not comment on the attack when contacted, VOI said.

In a separate incident, militants opened fire on a location of the Awakening Council in Baquba's Had Mokasar area, killing one member, police sources told VOI

In Baquba's Behrez area, militants attacked another meeting point of the Awakening Council, injuring two members.

The Awakening Councils are local police squads located mainly in Sunni provinces which fight the al-Qaeda terrorist network. (dpa)