Gunmen kill eight people in Iraq bus attack
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-30 15:16

Gunmen opened fire on a minibus north of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding two, police said.

A police official said 10 masked gunmen carried out the attack near the town of Baquba, some 65 km (40 miles) from the Iraqi capital.

Iraqi and U.S. officials expect a surge in guerrilla violence in the run-up to national elections on December 15 when Iraqis will vote for their first full-term government since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Sunni Arab guerrillas are waging a campaign of suicide bombings, shootings and assassinations in a bid to topple the present Shi'ite- and Kurd-dominated government, which is backed by Washington.