CNN Reports: Four teachers Gunned Down Near Balad Ruz

CNN: Gunmen killed four teachers Monday near Balad Ruz, northeast of Baghdad, an Iraqi official said.

The teachers were traveling to work in a minibus Monday morning when the gunmen stopped their vehicle in the town about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, said an official with the Diyala Joint Coordination Center.

The gunmen forced seven teachers and the minibus driver from the vehicle and shot four of the teachers. The other instructors and the driver were allowed to leave, the official said.
The attack came as the trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants resumed Monday after a three-week delay.

Link to the whole story: http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/15/iraq.main/index.html

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