Gang that killed, burnt women detained in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Basra police forces detained a gang that killed and burnt a number of women in Khour al-Zubeir town, 40 km west of Basra, according to the province’s police chief on Thursday. “Basra policemen arrested in Khour al-Zubeir town a gang of four persons on charges of kidnapping and killing woman and burning their bodies,” Maj. General Adel Daham told IraqiNews.com news agency. He added that the arrested persons have confessed to having killed and burnt women in 2006. Daham did not give further details. The oil-rich port city of Basra, Iraq’s only outlet to waterways, lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SKH (P)/AmR 2