11 building workers kidnapped and killed in Iraq

Eleven employees of a building company in the southern Iraqi city of Basra have been kidnapped and killed, a police official …

Eleven employees of a building company in the southern Iraqi city of Basra have been kidnapped and killed, a police official said today.

The official said they were kidnapped yesterday and then killed. Gunmen have recently mounted a spate of raids on businesses in Iraq, kidnapping, killing, and stealing money.

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