Gunmen kill three Iraqi govt employees

Gunmen in Baghdad hunted down three different government employees and shot them dead on their way to work today.

An internal affairs officer at the Interior Ministry was killed by men in two cars while leaving his house in Amil in western Baghdad.

A Housing Ministry employee was killed as he drove to work in the same neighbourhood, police said.

In northern Baghdad, gunmen shot down an Oil Ministry worker at a bus stop.

The motives for the attacks were not known, police said.