BAGHDAD: Gunmen near Iraq’s capital kidnapped and later shot to death six men, the deadliest of a series of attacks Sunday that killed at least 15 people across the country, authorities said.
The gunmen broke into the homes at dawn Sunday in the town of Latifiyah, a mainly Sunni town 30 km south of Baghdad, a police officer said.
Authorities later found the bodies, all with gunshot wounds to the head, in remote, rural farmland near the capital, the officer said.
No one immediately claimed the slayings and the motive behind the killing was unclear.
Shiite militiamen could be seeking revenge for the ongoing Sunni insurgent attacks against Shiite neighborhoods.
Militants with Al-Qaeda’s local branch targets Sunnis in attacks as well or it also could be a personal vendetta.
Meanwhile Sunday, a suicide bomber rammed a fuel tanker into a police headquarters in the northern city of Tikrit, killing three police officers and wounding 13, another police officer said. Tikrit is 130 km north of Baghdad.
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