Iraq police find 18 hanged men on Baghdad bus [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Iraq police find 18 hanged men on Baghdad bus
Wed Mar 8, 2006 7:37 AM GMT

By Lutfi Abu Oun

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The bound and blindfold bodies of 18 men who had been hanged were found dumped in a minibus in Baghdad, police and hospital officials said on Wednesday.

Apparent victims of a "dirty war" being waged by sectarian armed factions, the identities of the men were unclear. Some bore signs of torture and other wounds, officials said.

"The medical report shows that all of them were hanged," a source at Baghdad's Yarmuk hospital said.

"We found a rope round the neck of one of the victims."

Some of the bodies, some bleeding, were seen by Reuters reporters at the hospital. They were dressed in civilian clothes and appeared to include young and middle-aged men.
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