IRAQ: Gunmen killed 12 Iraqi construction workers during an attack in the town of Mussayyib, south of Baghdad, police said

Record ID: 354603

  • Title: IRAQ: Gunmen killed 12 Iraqi construction workers during an attack in the town of Mussayyib, south of Baghdad, police said
  • Date: 24th October 2005
  • Summary: HEADDRESS DRENCHED IN BLOOD ON FLOOR BLOODIED BODIES CLOTHES DRENCHED IN BLOOD BLOODIED BODIES INSIDE HOUSE POLICE CARS OUTSIDE HOUSE POLICE CARS LEAVING SITE
  • Embargoed: 8th November 2005 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA99HGMTS2PJFN6R94U6HEML8LU
  • Story Text: Gunmen killed 12 Iraqi construction workers on Sunday (October 23) during an attack in the town of Mussayyib, south of Baghdad, police said.
    A police source said the attackers, who arrived in two cars, also kidnapped the contractor who had hired the workers.
    On Monday, a child was killed and two civilians were wounded in a car bomb in Baghdad's northern district of al-Shaab, witnesses said.
    They said that the driver of the car fired at the policemen and the policemen returned fire, blowing up the car.
    "The car bomb stopped there and when the policemen approached it, he (the driver of the car) fired at them and the police returned fire, blowing up the car. A little child was killed and civilian cars damaged," said Raad, an eyewitness.
    Iraqi army and police rushed to the area, blocking off the roads to the blast site.
    The past 10 days have seen a relative lull in violence despite a constitutional referendum on October 15 and the start of Saddam Hussein's trial for crimes against humanity.
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