Five members of the Iraqi army were killed Wednesday in an attack by gunmen around 15 kilometers west of Baghdad, Iraqi police said.
"Gunmen carried out an armed attack against a group of persons belonging to the army in the area of al-Radwaniya, killing them all before fleeing," police sources told the German Press Agency dpa.
Tensions are high in Iraq as poll workers continue to count the votes from the parliamentary elections, with final results expected to be announced on Friday.
The March 7 polls have been seen as a key test of Iraq's stability ahead of US combat troops' withdrawal from the country by the end of the year.