Topic: Gunmen kill four oil employees north of Baghdad, police say

Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 11 September 2006


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen in two cars ambushed a bus carrying oil employees in
northern Iraq, killing four and injuring another, police said Monday.

The bus had been taking the employees from Beiji, the country's biggest
refinery, 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, to Tuz Khormato
district, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) southeast of Beiji, on Sunday
night, police Capt. Khalid Sabah said.

The oil ministry has no immediate information about the attack.

Iraq's oil infrastructure is frequently targeted by insurgents who blow up
pipelines and target oil workers in attacks. The country has struggled to
resume oil production to prewar levels of about 2.5 million to 3 million
barrels a day.