Swiss ask US about death of citizen in Iraq

First Posted: Sunday, July 3, 2005 . 2:47pm
Last Update: Sunday, July 3, 2005. 2:47pm (AEST)

Switzerland has asked the United States for information on the death of a Swiss man in Baghdad, who was shot after his car was stopped by US soldiers.

"A citizen with Swiss-Iraqi double nationality died during an incident (in Baghdad) last Tuesday," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ivo Sieber said.

The name of the dead man was not released.