Twelve shooting victims found around Baghdad

The bodies of 12 shooting victims, some of them tortured, were found in different areas of of the Iraqi captial Baghdad today…

The bodies of 12 shooting victims, some of them tortured, were found in different areas of of the Iraqi captial Baghdad today, Interior Ministry sources said.

Seven bodies with bullet holes were discovered in the mostly Sunni Arab Dora district and two were found in Kadhamiya, a Shi'ite area.

Three bodies were found in the mostly Shi'ite district of Shula showing signs of torture, the Interior Ministry sources said.

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