15 killed in Baghdad bomb

January 08, 2007

Sectarian violence continues in Iraq as Sunni militia ambush a bus travelling from a Shi'ite district in Baghdad. Attacks have continued across the Iraqi capital today. A roadside bomb killed three civilians in the southeast of Baghdad, while in the west of the city, gunmen ambushed a bus, killing 15. Iraq's Health Ministry now believes at least 23,000 civilians and police were killed in 2006.