Townspeople killed soldiers, says report

Iraqi townspeople furious over civilian deaths during a demonstration in Majar Al-Kabir chased down and killed six British military police, local officers said today.

Abbas Faddhel, an Iraqi policeman in the southern town, said the British troops shot dead four civilian protesters yesterday.

Armed civilians then killed two of the British soldiers at the scene of the demonstration – in front of the mayor’s office – then chased four others to a police station where they killed them after a two hour gun battle, he said.