Gunmen in Iraq kill 20 Shiites

Gunmen stormed a bus station north-east of Baghdad on today, seizing some 24 Shiites after separating them from the crowd and killing them, authorities said.

The gunmen arrived in several cars at the bus station in Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north-east of Baghdad, at about 6am, forced the captives into four vehicles they commandeered at the scene and sped away, officials said.