BAGHDAD — Gunmen in four-wheel drive vehicles raided two buildings in a housing complex in the Zayounah neighborhood late Saturday, killing at least 33 people, including 29 women, police said.
They said at least 18 others were wounded. An Interior Ministry official and hospital officials confirmed the casualty figures.
The motive behind the killings was not immediately clear, but police said there were suspicions that the buildings were being used as a brothel.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
Also on Saturday, Iraqi troops supported by Shiite militiamen battled Sunni militants who had seized at least partial control of a military base outside the town of Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north of Baghdad.
