24 killed in Sunni home raids
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April 4, 2010, Sunday
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GUNMEN wearing military uniforms stormed three houses in a Sunni Muslim village in southern Baghdad and killed at least 24 people, including women and children, Iraqi authorities said.
At least seven people were left alive after the slaughter, their hands tied behind their backs, Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi said.
The attack occurred late on Friday in a Sunni enclave in the Rasheed district of the Iraqi capital. A police source said the gunmen handcuffed the victims and shot them in the head.
"The incident happened in an area south of Baghdad, an area called Albusaifi. The terrorist group drove cars and killed 24 people, including five women," Moussawi said. "We have found seven people alive, handcuffed."
Moussawi said some of the victims, from three families, were members of the Iraqi security forces and others of the Sons of Iraq, a group of Sunni former insurgents who joined the Iraqi government and US forces to fight al-Qaida militants. They are credited with helping turn the tide of the Iraq war.
Moussawi said authorities had arrested 25 people and sealed off the area to conduct a search for other suspects.
At least seven people were left alive after the slaughter, their hands tied behind their backs, Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi said.
The attack occurred late on Friday in a Sunni enclave in the Rasheed district of the Iraqi capital. A police source said the gunmen handcuffed the victims and shot them in the head.
"The incident happened in an area south of Baghdad, an area called Albusaifi. The terrorist group drove cars and killed 24 people, including five women," Moussawi said. "We have found seven people alive, handcuffed."
Moussawi said some of the victims, from three families, were members of the Iraqi security forces and others of the Sons of Iraq, a group of Sunni former insurgents who joined the Iraqi government and US forces to fight al-Qaida militants. They are credited with helping turn the tide of the Iraq war.
Moussawi said authorities had arrested 25 people and sealed off the area to conduct a search for other suspects.
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