Sunday, October 15, 2006
Sectarian revenge killings escalate
Security
Suspected Shi'ite militiamen killed 46 Sunni Arab in a weekend rampage of revenge killing in the city of Balad, north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Officials say the killings, committed late on Saturday and early on Sunday, were in apparent retaliation for the slaying of 17 Shi'ites whose decapitated bodies were found in Balad on October 13.
Meanwhile, police in the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk says 10 people were killed on Sunday in five attacks. In Mosul, northwest of Baghdad, a husband, wife, and two of their sons were killed early on Sunday. In the capital itself, an Interior Ministry official survived a roadside bomb attack that killed seven others.
Meanwhile, police in the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk says 10 people were killed on Sunday in five attacks. In Mosul, northwest of Baghdad, a husband, wife, and two of their sons were killed early on Sunday. In the capital itself, an Interior Ministry official survived a roadside bomb attack that killed seven others.
