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15 garrotted men found in truck
THE bodies of 15 garrotted men have been found in the back of a pickup truck in Baghdad, bringing the total number of corpses discovered in the Iraqi capital to at least 49 over the past 24 hours. The 15 men, believed to be aged between 25 and 40, were found in the Al-Khadra district of west Baghdad, an interior ministry official said. Their identities were not immediately known. On Monday, 13 corpses were found in Baghdad's Shiite poor district of Sadr City, where a series of bombings killed 46 and wounded 200 a day earlier. Three men, shot through the head, were found tied to electricity pylons. Four more, also shot to death, bore signs saying "traitor". Twenty-one other bodies of men who had been shot to death, including some with blindfolds and with their hands bound, were found in other parts of the capital, including eight in the northern district of Shola, the official said. At least three of the 21 had been tortured, he added. Many killings appear to be sectarian in nature, but authorities, fearful of fueling mounting anger between majority Shiites and historically-dominant Sunnis, have refused to identify many of the victims. A wave of sectarian violence swept the country following the bombing on February 22 of a Shiite shrine in Samarra. Officials admit that over 450 civilians were killed in the fortnight that followed the bombing, while 81 Sunni mosques were attacked. Posted by: tipper 2006-03-14 |
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