Students “executed” as Iraq violence rages on

Gunmen in Iraq dragged 24 people, mostly teenage students, from vehicles and shot them dead, police said, as violence raged in the country on Sunday. The victims included youths of around 15-16 years who were on their way to the bigger regional town of Baquba to write end of term exams. "(The attackers) dragged them one by one from their cars and executed them," said a police official. Some tried to flee but were gunned down, a police source said. Reuters photographs showed six men shot in the chest, including one old man and five young men.

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