Gunmen kill Iraqi irrigation worker, his wife and 2 children in tribal dispute west of Baghdad
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say gunmen killed an employee of a local irrigation department and his family as part of an apparent tribal dispute over water distribution west of Baghdad.
Police officials say the driver of a drilling truck, his wife and two young children were slain as they slept in a pre-dawn attack on Friday in the mainly Sunni district of Abu Ghraib.
Investigator Mohammed Khudair says irrigation department employees have been targeted in the past because of the dispute.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The attack comes amid concerns that crime is increasing as sectarian bloodshed has ebbed.
Police say two people were killed Friday in a rocket attack elsewhere in Abu Ghraib.