Sunnis Flee Fighting That Has Killed 91

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni Muslims fled across the Tigris River on Monday, trying to escape a four-day rampage of sectarian fighting in their Shiite-dominated home city of Balad north of Baghdad. At least 91 people have died - all but 17 of them Sunnis.

Also Monday, two car bombs hit a Shiite funeral in Baghdad, killing 15 people and wounding 27, said Lt. Ahmed Mohammed Ali. The car bombs were staggered and killed both mourners and rescuers who were called to the scene in the eastern Ur neighborhood, he said.

Sunnis, a minority in Balad, said militiamen had been going door to door, giving them two hours to clear out of their homes, and one police officer said the bodies of the city's Sunni minority lay unclaimed in the streets.
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