Across Asia: Iraq

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.