Gunmen kill 25 in attack on Iraqi village

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By the CNN Wire Staff
April 3, 2010 7:55 a.m. EDT

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed houses and killed 25 people, including five women, in a Sunni village south of Baghdad, officials said Saturday.

The attack took place late Friday night in a village in Arab Jabour, a predominantly Sunni region about 15 miles southeast of the capital.

Most of the victims in Friday's attacks were local members of the Sons of Iraq, the group which helped U.S. and Iraqi forces fight against al Qaeda and suppress the insurgency.

The 25 victims were found handcuffed and died from small arms fire, police said.

Iraqi security forces have arrested 25 suspects in the incident.