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Twelve wounded U.S. soldiers were flown Monday to Germany for treatment at an American military hospital, military officials said.

The wounded included seven with combat-related injuries, the first battlefield casualties to be evacuated to Europe. They arrived at the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in a C-141 transport plane from Kuwait.

All of the injured were to be brought in ambulances to the nearby U.S. medical center at Landstuhl.

Three soldiers who were seriously wounded when a U.S. soldier threw grenades into tents at the 101st Airborne Division's command center in Kuwait were believed to be among the injured, said Marie Shaw, a spokeswoman for the Landstuhl hospital. One soldier was killed in the attack and 15 injured.

U.S. military officials provided no further details. The soldiers' names were not released.

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