Iraq gunmen kill 24 civilians at checkpoint
BAGHDAD, Jun 4 (Reuters) Gunmen dragged 24 civilians out of their cars at a makeshift checkpoint in a town north of Baghdad today and shot them ''execution style'', said a senior police official.
The victims included students, children and elderly men, said the police official in Diyala province.
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Story first published: Monday, June 5, 2006, 13:27 [IST]