Gunmen destroy 2 houses in Babel

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: A group of unknown gunmen have attacked two houses in Iskandariya township of west Iraq’s Babel Province, killing the wife and son of one of the owners of one of the two houses, a Babel police source reported on Tuesday. “The first house belongs to a citizen, Ali al-Gureity, in the Martrys district of Iskanadariya township, 50 km to the north of Hilla, the center of Babel Province. The owner’s wife and son were killed, and damage inflicted upon nearby houses,” the police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that the second attack took place in Muthanna district of the same township, causing material damage to the attacked house, but no human casualties. Hilla, the center of Babel Province, is 100 km to the southwest of Baghdad. SKH (TP)/SR 99