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| Bodies of 11 kidnapped Iraqis retrieved from river |
| 2007-02-10 |
| (KUNA) -- The bodies of 11 Iraqi men were found by police in Mahaweel town's Maleh River, southern Baghdad. Spokesman for Babylon Police, Captain Muthana Abulharith, told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) unknown militants stormed Imam village in Jibla area at 2:00 a. m. (local time) and kidnapped 13 Iraqis. Police intervened and two men were freed, while kidnappers got away with the remaining 11 men, he said. The captain added the bodies of those 11 kidnapped men were found hours later in the mentioned river. An investigation is ongoing to determine motives of the kidnapping, and no comment was made as to whether it was related to sectarian tensions. |
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