A rocket has slammed into a residential district in the centre of Baghdad, injuring five people including a child, witnesses say.
Heavy shooting erupted later around two hotels used by Western journalists and contractors.
The blast triggered loud explosions and send a giant cloud of black smoke rising over the eastern side of the Tigris River, which flows through the centre of the Iraqi capital.
The rocket struck the Jumhuriyah neighbourhood, according to Mohammed Salman of the government's Facility Protection Services, which guards government buildings and other sensitive installations.
Salman said five passers-by were injured, including a child who was seriously hurt.
He believed the rocket might have been fired at a city administration building located nearby.
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=10252(On edit: hatrack's observation that 5 were injured, not killed. Thanks, hatrack!)