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Gunmen kill 23 in northern Iraq Iraqi Yazidis targeted in Mosul
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Gunmen have killed 23 people in the Iraqi city of Mosul, police say. Unidentified gunmen have killed 23 people in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police say.
All the victims are believed to be members of the Yazidi religious minority which follows a pre-Islamic religion and worships an angel figure. All the victims are said to be members of the Yazidi religious minority which follows a pre-Islamic religion and worships an angel figure.
Police said the victims had been dragged from a bus and shot dead. Followers of other faiths were reportedly left unharmed by the gunmen.Police said the victims had been dragged from a bus and shot dead. Followers of other faiths were reportedly left unharmed by the gunmen.
Earlier, two car bombs exploded outside a police station in the capital, Baghdad, killing at least 12 people. Earlier, two car bombs killed at least 12 people at a Baghdad police station.
Travelling home
Police say the Yazidis were workers at a textile factory in Mosul.
Their bus was ambushed at about 1400 local time (1000 GMT) as they were travelling home to the nearby town of Bashika.
Police say the gunmen then ordered followers of other faiths to leave the bus, before killing the Yazidi members on a field by the road.
The Yazidis are mostly ethnic Kurds.
They worship an angel figure that some Muslims and Christians consider the devil.