FALLUJAH, Iraq, Feb. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Three civilians were killed on Sunday after U.S. troops opened fire at their car near Fallujah, medics told Xinhua.

    "A U.S. patrol shot dead three civilians, two brothers and their relative, as they were travelling in Ameriyat al-Fallujah area, some 7 km south of Fallujah," a medical source in Fallujah Hospital said on condition of anonymity.

    Two of the victims were killed immediately and the third died of wounds in the hospital, the source said, adding that the three were heading to the hospital to visit their relative who is a hospital patient.

    Their hospital patient received their bodies and took them home to be buried, he said.

    Separately, insurgents pounded a U.S. military base in eastern Fallujah late last night, witnesses told Xinhua.

    "Five rockets landed on the U.S. base at about 11:00 p.m. (2000GMT) on Saturday," witnesses said.

    Explosions rocked the area as sirens wailed inside the base,but it was not known whether there were any casualties among U.S.soldiers.

    U.S. military did not confirm the information about the incidents. Enditem