Gunmen kill 17 in Baghdad bus ambush
By Peter Graff and Waleed Khalid, Reuters, Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:41 PM ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - About 10 gunmen emptied their automatic rifles into a bus carrying Iraqi workers from a factory west of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing up to 17 people, police and hospital sources said.
Police said 12 people had died in the attack on the bus, but a source at one hospital said it had received 17 bodies.
"We were on the bus going home. Two cars with about 10 insurgents opened fire on us. We don't know why: we are just workers," said Adil Zamal, being treated for multiple gunshot wounds to the back at the An Noor hospital, which received about 20 wounded patients from the attack.
"We fell to the floor. They just kept shooting and shooting until they ran out of ammunition," he said.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - About 10 gunmen emptied their automatic rifles into a bus carrying Iraqi workers from a factory west of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing up to 17 people, police and hospital sources said.
Police said 12 people had died in the attack on the bus, but a source at one hospital said it had received 17 bodies.
"We were on the bus going home. Two cars with about 10 insurgents opened fire on us. We don't know why: we are just workers," said Adil Zamal, being treated for multiple gunshot wounds to the back at the An Noor hospital, which received about 20 wounded patients from the attack.
"We fell to the floor. They just kept shooting and shooting until they ran out of ammunition," he said.
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