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03/05/2006:

"Dozens die in Iraq sectarian attack"

SUSPECTED Sunni militants stormed a small town near Baghdad and executed at least 25 people, including a six-year-old girl, with a single bullet each to the forehead, police said yesterday as a curfew was re-instated in the Iraqi capital.

Most of the victims were poor Shiite labourers at a brick factory in the town of Nahrawan. At least nine others were killed during a gun battle that erupted around Nahrawan power station, which also came under mortar fire.
scotsman.com