Gunmen kill 21 Shiites 'in name of Islam'

Monday, June 5, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Masked gunmen stopped two minivans carrying students north of Baghdad on Sunday, ordered the passengers off, separated Shiites from Sunni Arabs and killed the 21 Shiites "in the name of Islam," a witness said.

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