Twenty-eight unidentified bodies found across Iraq

Deutsche Presse Agentur
Published: Tuesday August 29, 2006

Baghdad- A total of 28 unidentified corpses were discovered across Iraq on Tuesday, reported security sources. The Hilleh Police Department's media spokesman told Deutsche Press-Agentur dpa that 12 unidentified bodies were discovered by police forces around the city, located about 100 kilometers south of Baghdad, on Tuesday.

The spokesman added that the 12 bodies found in Hilleh's suburbs bore evidence of torture along with fatal bullet wounds - some of the bodies had their hands bound and some were blindfolded.

Three bodies were discovered in the town of al-Iskenderiya, four in the town of al-Rashid, four in the Jarf al-Sakhr district, and one in the town of al-Latifiya, said the spokesman.

Elsewhere in Iraq police forces from Baquba said that they had discovered six unidentified corpses around the city, located approximately 60 kilometers east of Baghdad.

Security sources from the city said that four corpses were found in the village of al-Mansouriya, one in the al-Hay al- Sinaei/Industrial District of Baquba, and one other corpse in the suburb of Behrez.

The sources added that all six corpses had their hands bound, bore evidence of torture and bullet wounds.

Meanwhile in Baghdad, police forces said that they had found 10 unidentified corpses near the al-Alam School's courtyard in the al- Turath area of Baghdad's Shiite al-Bayaa' district on Tuesday.

Security sources said that all the identities of all 10 bodies were not yet known, and that they bore evidence of having been tortured. The sources added that the victims had their hands bound and their eyes blindfolded.

© 2006 DPA - Deutsche Presse-Agenteur