19 bodies found at Iraqi checkpoint
Pastor Dale Morgan
19 bodies found at Iraqi checkpoint*
From correspondents in Baghdad
April 02, 2007 06:17pm
Article from: AAP
THE bodies of 19 civilians kidnapped by gunmen at a fake checkpoint
north of Baghdad were found today, Iraqi police and hospital sources said.
They said all had been shot in the head and chest in one of the biggest
mass kidnappings in months.
Gunmen kidnapped the civilians, men from a Shiite village near the city
of Baquba, after stopping cars at a fake checkpoint yesterday.
The bodies were found not far from Baquba, 65km north of Baghdad.
Gunmen also kidnapped 14 policemen near Baquba, the provincial capital
of Diyala province, a month ago. They were later found dead.
Diyala is home to Shiites, Sunni Arabs and Kurds and has been the scene
of relentless bloodshed.