Gunmen kill 17 in ambush on Iraqi police minibus

By Staff

Published: Monday, October 30, 2006, 0:33 [IST]

BASRA, Iraq, Oct 29 (Reuters) Gunmen ambushed a minibus carrying police translators, trainers and cleaning workers from a police academy to the southern city of Basra today, killing 17 people, a police source said.

The minibus was taking them from a police academy under the supervision of British forces in a town 12 km (8 miles) from Basra.

REUTERS PB VC2353

Published On October 30, 2006

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