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Gunmen attack Baghdad TV channel Gunmen kill eight in Iraq TV raid
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Gunmen have killed a number of people in an attack on the offices of a satellite television channel in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. Gunmen have killed eight people in an attack on the offices of a satellite television channel in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
Between four and eight people, thought to be security guards, were killed in the attack on the new Shaabiya channel in Zayouna, eastern Baghdad. The victims, thought to be mainly security guards, died in an attack on the new Shaabiya channel in Zayouna, in the east of the Iraqi capital.
The channel has so far only broadcast test messages and is said to be aimed at a largely Sunni Muslim audience.The channel has so far only broadcast test messages and is said to be aimed at a largely Sunni Muslim audience.
Sunni-Shia violence has forced hundreds of thousands of Iraqis to flee homes.Sunni-Shia violence has forced hundreds of thousands of Iraqis to flee homes.
The sectarian violence continues to rage in Iraq's capital despite a major crackdown by US and Iraqi troops.The sectarian violence continues to rage in Iraq's capital despite a major crackdown by US and Iraqi troops.
Office manager
According to Iraqi police reports, the gunmen were wearing police uniforms and drove up in a convoy of what appeared to be police vehicles.
They shot dead guards outside the building, then entered and killed more people inside, using silenced pistols.
The BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says Shia militias have frequently been accused of using fake police uniforms and vehicles to carry out abductions and murders, though some units of the police have also come under suspicion.
Our correspondent says the attack bears all the hallmarks of the sectarian violence that is now reaping a daily toll of victims in Baghdad and elsewhere.
One of those killed in the attack was the office manager, the manager's brother confirmed to the BBC in Baghdad.
The channel is still said to be transmitting test broadcasts of patriotic music and video.