Gunmen kill 20 people kidnapped from Iraq bus station
Gunmen ambushed a bus station today in a volatile town north-east of Baghdad, kidnapping 24 people and killing all but four, authorities said.
The attackers drove up in several cars and seized 24 people from the bus station in Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north-east of Baghdad.
Iraqi Maj. Gen. Ahmed al-Awad, the commander of the army’s 5th division in the area, told Iraqi state TV that 20 bodies had been found and the victims were Shiites.
He said four people were rescued. Police confirmed that 20 bodies were found but said their identities were uncertain.
