Bodies of 13 executed Iraqis found in Baghdad
The bodies of 13 blindfolded and bound men were found shot multiple times in the head execution style in Baghdad’s Sadr City today.
The grisly discovery follows two separate drive-by shootings in Baghdad earlier that killed a senior Industry Ministry official, his driver and a Shiite cleric.
Police Lt. Col. Shaker Wadi Al-Maliki said the 13 slain men, most appearing to aged in their early 20s, were discovered early today wearing civilian clothes and lying in a shallow grave in a vacant lot in eastern Baghdad’s impoverished Sadr City.
Judging by the nature of their wounds and the state of bodily decomposition, police officials believed the men were shot either late Saturday or early today.
Photographers saw the bodies lying in the grave with their hands tied behind their back, eyes blindfolded and at least three bullet wounds in each of their heads.
