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Six-member Iraqi family murdered in Iraqi capital

BAGHDAD, Nov 25 (KUNA) -- Gunmen posing as military personnel killed six members of a single family in the region of Al-Tarmiah in northern Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.
A police source told KUNA the armed men, clad in military fatigues, burst into the house of the family, at dawn today, slitting throat of the relatives, four men and two women, before fleeing undeterred.
The assailants planted explosives around the house before fleeing the bloodied scene. (end) mhg.rk KUNA 251709 Nov 09NNNN