A Gunmen killed 14 travelers in Iraq
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June 6, Iraq
A Gunmen killed 14 people in Nukhaib, a police official said. A local government official in Karbala, where several of the dead were from, said that the assailants had stopped the travelers at a fake checkpoint.
A Gunmen killed 14 people in Nukhaib, a police official said. A local government official in Karbala, where several of the dead were from, said that the assailants had stopped the travelers at a fake checkpoint.
The City Council of the Shiite holy city of Karbala issued a statement accusing Sunni insurgents and the Baath Party of being behind the killings. Iraq has been shaken by an upswing in sectarian attacks. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attack, The Associated Press reported.
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