BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (AFP) - One US soldier was killed and two others wounded in an overnight attack on their convoy near to the Sunni rebel bastion of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, the military said in a statement on Thursday.

An "unknown type of explosive device" hit the convoy at about 9:45 pm (1845 GMT) Wednesday, it said in a statement.

The three soldiers were taken to a military hospital where one died just over an hour later of his wounds. Of the surviving casualties, one was said to be in a serious condition and the other stable.