(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - On Monday, July 11, stray bullets from a US Army firing range hit civilian buildings in the southern German town of Grafenwoehr during shooting practice.
The spokeswoman of the garrison, Susanne Bartsch, said that soldiers "were shooting in the wrong direction" during a convoy protection exercise on Friday afternoon.
There were no reports of casualties.
Both the US military and German police say they are investigating why the 12.7-millimeter rounds, fired from a four-wheel-drive vehicle, hit buildings outside the Grafenwoehr US Army training ground, located about 200 kilometers north of Munich.
The machine-gun shots hit three buildings inside the training ground, and a vocational school, a house, and a garage some five kilometers from the training range.
Ten years ago, a shell struck a German elementary school near the training grounds, where troops were training before heading to Afghanistan.
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