Armed men killed a dozen Iraqi civilians Saturday northeast of the capital city, said Iraqi police. Police said that the gunmen carried out the deadly attack at a location on the highway connecting the regions of Balduz and Daniah, northeast of Baghdad. Police quoted eyewitnesses saying that an armed group stopped a car loaded with travelers and opened fire on them. A woman managed to escape the assault, as a man and a child with serious wounds were taken to a hospital in Baaqubah, added the police.In the meantime, US forces in Iraq arrested three insurgents north of Balad city after storming houses in the city's outskirts. The forces seized four bombs, six mortars, and some missiles. The detainees were suspected of carrying out an attack in the city yesterday. American troops also found a dead body on a river's bank in the suburb of Peji. The body was tied up and blindfolded, with bullet marks on the head. It was transferred to a military base in an attempt to figure out its identification.