BBC News: Tuesday, 26 July, 2005
Gunmen have killed at least 12 Iraqi workers travelling home by bus from a factory in the western outskirts of the capital, Baghdad. Bomb attacks and shootings are a part of daily life in Iraq.
The attackers followed two buses as they left the government-owned company in the Abu Ghraib area, a security official was quoted as saying.
Hospital officials said 32 people had been injured in the attack.
Insurgents have been targeting Iraqis believed to be working for the US-backed government.
The latest attack targeted the employees of a firm owned by the ministry of industry and minerals, security official Barakat al-Khazraji was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.
They were heading home to Baghdad's Shia neighbourhoods of Sadr City and Shula, said a police sergeant, Ahmed Ali said.
Police put the death toll at 12 but hospital sources said the final number could be as high as 17.
Posted at July 27, 2005 12:13 AM