Two women reported shot dead in Iraq

Insurgents yesterday killed two Iraqi women who were working for British forces in southern Iraq and injured two others, police said.

Lt Col Ali Kadhem, of Basra police, said attackers drove alongside the women’s car as they were driving to work at Basra airport at about 8am (4am Irish time) and sprayed gun fire at them.

Kadhem that two women were killed and two injured, one seriously.

Insurgents have routinely targeted Iraqis working for coalition forces, describing them as collaborators with occupation troops.