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Gunmen kill eight in Iraq TV raid Gunmen kill eight in Iraq TV raid
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Gunmen have killed eight people in an attack on the offices of a satellite television channel in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.Gunmen have killed eight people in an attack on the offices of a satellite television channel in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
The victims, thought to be mainly security guards, died in an attack on the new Shaabiya channel in Zayouna, in the east of the Iraqi capital. The victims, thought to be security guards and technicians, died in an attack on the new Shaabiya channel in Zayouna in the east of Iraq's capital.
The channel has so far only broadcast test messages and is said to be aimed at a largely Sunni Muslim audience.The channel has so far only broadcast test messages and is said to be aimed at a largely Sunni Muslim audience.
Sunni-Shia violence has forced hundreds of thousands of Iraqis to flee homes.Sunni-Shia violence has forced hundreds of thousands of Iraqis to flee homes.
The sectarian violence continues to rage in Iraq's capital despite a major crackdown by US and Iraqi troops.
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According to Iraqi police reports, the gunmen were wearing police uniforms and drove up in a convoy of what appeared to be police vehicles.According to Iraqi police reports, the gunmen were wearing police uniforms and drove up in a convoy of what appeared to be police vehicles.
They shot dead guards outside the building, then entered and killed more people inside, using silenced pistols.They shot dead guards outside the building, then entered and killed more people inside, using silenced pistols.
The BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says Shia militias have frequently been accused of using fake police uniforms and vehicles to carry out abductions and murders, though some units of the police have also come under suspicion. Some of the [attackers] were wearing police uniforms and others civilian clothing. All were masked Hassan Kamil,Shaabiya executive manager
Our correspondent says the attack bears all the hallmarks of the sectarian violence that is now reaping a daily toll of victims in Baghdad and elsewhere. Hassan Kamil, executive manager of Shaabiya, told Reuters news agency one employee survived the attack but was seriously injured.
One of those killed in the attack was the office manager, the manager's brother confirmed to the BBC in Baghdad. One of those killed was the office manager, the manager's brother confirmed to the BBC in Baghdad.
The channel is still said to be transmitting test broadcasts of patriotic music and video.The channel is still said to be transmitting test broadcasts of patriotic music and video.
More than 100 foreign and local media workers have been killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003, the Reporters Without Borders watchdog says.
Many Iraqi media outlets are funded by groups with religious and political affiliations, making them targets for sectarian attacks.
The BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says Shia militias have frequently been accused of using fake police uniforms and vehicles to carry out abductions and murders, though some units of the police have also come under suspicion.
All national police units are being retrained. They are being given new uniforms with a computer-generated design that the authorities hope will be impossible to copy.
The violence is continuing despite a major crackdown by US and Iraqi troops in Baghdad.
On Thursday, five people died and 11 were injured in co-ordinated car bombings in Baghdad.
One bomb exploded in central Baghdad's Bab al-Sharji district and another went off shortly afterwards as police and rescue services arrived.