Unknown body found in Shurqat

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Police patrols on Friday found the body of an unidentified young man in a remote farmland in al-Shurqat district, according to a local administration source in Salah al-Din. “The body, of a young man in his mid-20s showed signs of having been slain at throat by a knife. The policemen found it in a remote plantation area near a spot where cattle are sold in the area of al-Shurqat,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The body was removed to the Tikrit Public Hospital for purposes of possible identification by relatives,” he added. Salah al-Din province lies 175 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1