The bodies of some 29 people were found at this apartment block in east Baghdad.<br/> <br />All but nine of the victims were women.<br/> <br />They were shot by a group of gunmen on Saturday.<br/> <br />Police say the killers left messages in apartments were groups of dead women were found.<br/> <br />The words 'This is the punishment for those practising prostitution' were scrawled in black.<br/> <br />It wasn't immediately clear who was behind the killings in Zayouna district.<br/> <br />Shi'ite militia groups have in the past been accused of killing women branded as prostitutes in the same neighbourhood.
