Killings and kidnapping as Baghdad convoy ambushed

Gunmen ambushed a convoy of Westerners on a highway in north Baghdad tonight, killing at least two people with a number of others believed to have been abducted, police and witnesses said.

The attack in Baghdad’s Shoala district occurred near dusk as three sport utility vehicles were travelling south towards the centre of the capital.

Gunmen in a vehicle heading north opened fire, sending three of the four SUVs careering off the road and into barricades.