Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

2 kidnapped persons found dead west of Beiji

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Police forces found on Monday two bodies of a civilian and a Sahwa fighter in west of Beiji, according to a security source. “The two men had been kidnapped yesterday in al-Sukariya village, west of Beiji,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The bodies were found on Beiji-al-Sieniya road, west of Beiji,” he added, noting that the corpses bore signs of gunshot wounds to the head and chest. Beiji is 40 km north of Tikrit, the capital of Salah al-Din, which lies 175 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 28