Separate drive-by shootings Wednesday in Iraq killed 11 civilians on their way to work in a company bus and the director of public relations for Iraq's Defense Ministry, police said.
Wednesday's worst attack occurred about 9 a.m. near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, when gunmen riding in a car opened fire on a bus, killing at least 11 Iraqi passengers and injuring three, police said. According toi the AP, the victims were heading to work at a state-run electronics company that makes products such as television sets, and the bus was operated by their company.
In Baghdad, gunmen fatally shot Mohammed Musaab Talal al-Amari, a Shiite who directs the Defense Ministry's public relations office, said police Capt. Jamil Hussein.
Al-Amari was on his way to work when his car was stopped by another vehicle in the residential neighborhood of Bayaa, Hussein said. Three men then got out of another car and opened fire, killing al-Amari and injuring an Iraqi pedestrian, he said.
