Gunmen target Iranian pilgrims during drive-by shooting in Baghdad, 2 killed

Gunmen kill 2 in Baghdad drive-by shooting

BAGDHAD — Iraqi police say two people have been killed in a drive-by shooting targeting buses carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad.

Two police officials say gunmen in a speeding car opened fire Wednesday on the buses as they passed through a Sunni-dominated neighborhood in northwest Baghdad.

The officials say an Iranian woman and a bus driver have been killed and that five pilgrims also have been injured. The buses were on their way to the shrine of Imam Mousa al-Kazim, a much revered Shiite saint.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.