A fighter from the Shi'ite Badr Brigade militia holds his gun at a mobile checkpoint in Suleiman Beg, northern Iraq September 9, 2014. Business Insider
Iraq: Shia Militias 'Killing Sunnis In Reprisal Attacks' -- BBC
Shia militias in Iraq have kidnapped and killed scores of Sunni civilians in recent months, a report by campaign group Amnesty International has said.
The killings were in apparent revenge for attacks by Islamic State (IS).
Amnesty said the militias had been supported and armed by the Iraqi government and operated with impunity.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who took office last month, has admitted to previous "excesses" by security forces and vowed to govern for all Iraqis.
Meanwhile, a suicide car bomb blast killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 30 in the capital Baghdad, local police officials said.
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