Report: Gunmen Slaughter 25 Women Branded as Prostitutes in Baghdad

Horrific pictures have emerged showing the bodies of some of the 25 women murdered in a raid on a Baghdad brothel.

Gunmen wearing camouflage and carrying weapons fitted with silencers reportedly burst into two apartments in they city's Zayouna district on Saturday evening before massacring everyone inside.

Police arrived at the building to find blood streaming down the stairs. Inside they discovered the bodies of dozens of women scattered around two apartments.

 

Most of the victims appear to have been killed by gunshost wounds to the head.

A message scrawled on a wall inside one of the apartments read: 'This is the fate of any prostitution.'

While no group has yet claimed responsibility for the murders, locals believe the killings were carried out by Shiite militants opposed to prostitution.