Monday, September 6, 2010

Five killed in vicious attack north of Baghdad

SAMARRA: Five Iraqi businessmen who were involved in building a police station and a youth centre north of Baghdad were killed in a gun and knife attack overnight, police and medical officials said on Monday.

The murders occurred in the al-Shouhada neighbourhood of Samarra, 110 kilometres (68 miles) north of the capital, a lieutenant colonel, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP. Two other men were wounded, he said.

“They killed them with guns and knives,” the officer said. “The men were from another area and were working in Samarra to build a youth centre and a police department in the city.

Doctor Khalid al-Bazi at Samarra city hospital said five bodies had been received and that three of the victims been shot to death and the other two shot and stabbed. – AFP


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