Norwegian soldier fires grenade at Afghan police building

A soldier with the Norwegian army in northwest Afghanistan accidentally fired a 40mm grenade while preparing a launcher on a military patrol vehicle.

The grenade hit a building in the Afghan police compound in Almar, Faryab province, killing one civilian and wounding another. The incident happened on Wednesday 25th May 2011.

Norwegian military police are investigating the incident.

Iraq: 3 Norwegians injured in bomb blast

BAGHDAD, 16th May: Three Norwegian nationals and two Iraqis were wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad today, an Interior Ministry source said.

The attack took place in the morning on a main road in New Baghdad district when a roadside bomb struck a convoy of vehicles carrying Norwegian contractors working on a project for Iraq's Water Resources Ministry, the source said on condition of anonymity.

The blast wounded three Norwegians and two policemen guarding their convoy.