Two Iraqi journalists shot dead

Gunmen today shot dead two Iraqi journalists who worked for a coalition-funded television station in northeastern Iraq, a spokesman for the station said.

The attack was in the city of Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, when men in a car opened fire on the journalists’ minibus, said Sanaa al-Daghistani, information director of Diyala TV.

Rebels often target Iraqis perceived as collaborators with the US-led coalition that is governing Iraq.

Guerrilla attacks on US military patrols in the Baqouba area are frequent.