Iraq Today: Gunmen Kill 21 Commuters, Including 12 High School Students...

Associated Press QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA June 4, 2006 at 09:24 AM
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Gunmen dragged passengers off a buses northeast of Baghdad and killed 21 people, including a dozen high school students. The attackers spared four Sunni Arabs in one the worst sectarian atrocities in recent weeks.

Serwan Shokir, the mayor of Qara Tappah, said one other person was wounded in the early morning attack. He said there were 26 people on three mini headed from his town to Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. The 12 slain students were apparently headed for Baqouba to take exams.


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