Stray bullets kill 4 as Iraqis celebrate Asian Cup triumph

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Celebratory gunfire erupted across the capital Sunday when Iraq's soccer team won the Asian Cup, in a 1-0 shutout against champions Saudi Arabia.

Stray bullets killed four people and wounded 17 others in the capital, an official with the Iraqi interior Ministry told CNN. An Iraqi woman who was among military workers watching the game from a U.S.-Iraqi military base labeled the team members "heroes."

"This is our victory," said the woman, who was interviewed by CNN but would not allow her face to appear on camera because of security concerns.

U.S. soldiers at the base joked that, with the victory, the war was over and they could return home, CNN's Arwa Damon reported.Iraqi state television showed the players, draped in Iraqi flags, hoisting pewter cups aloft as they reached out for the main trophy held by a player on a dais that had been set up in the field.

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