Gunmen who mowed down shoppers in south Baghdad

Gunmen travelling in three cars have opened fire in a Baghdad market, killing at least six pedestrians. At least 16 people were wounded when the drive-by shooting happened in the southern area of the city. Earlier, a barrage of fire had hit the city's heavily fortified Green Zone. In further violence, at least 10 Iraqi soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack on an army base in the northern city of Mosul.
The gunmen who mowed down shoppers in south Baghdad are reported to have fled the scene