Baquba: The Islamic State (IS) group killed seven people, including two journalists, in the Muqdadiyah area north of Baghdad, their employers and officials said.

Ali al-Ansari and another unnamed journalist from Al-Ghadeer satellite television were among the dead, according to local manager Karim Fadhel. Mustafa Hamid and Qusay Sahib from Iraqiya state television were wounded, said the head of its Diyala provincial office, Uday Abdelkarim.