Across Asia: Iraq
China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-16 08:00
Gunmen kill 7
Gunmen killed seven people from a single family, members of the minority Yazidi sect, when they stormed into their home in northern Iraq yesterday, police said.
Police said a woman, her husband, and the couple's adult children were shot dead in the attack, which took place after midnight in the town of Sinjar, which is located west of Mosul, a city around 390 km north of Baghdad.
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