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15 Bodies Found In Tigris, 14 Killed In Mortar Attack At Coffee Shop, 16 Wounded

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Authorities reported finding the bullet-riddled bodies Tuesday of 15 apparent death squad victims floating in the Tigris River south of Baghdad, all blindfolded and bound at the wrists and ankles. The victims apparently were tortured before being shot to death.

Hundreds of such killings have been recorded in the capital since the bombing of a Shiite shrine in February ignited revenge sectarian killings.

In the latest round of sectarian attacks, police said two mortar shells slammed into a coffee shop in a Shiite neighborhood in north Baghdad late Tuesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 16. The attack appeared to have been in response to mortar fire on a Sunni neighborhood across the Tigris earlier in the day that killed seven people and wounded 25.

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posted by Wink @ 3:43 PM