Iraqi police make gory find

2004-08-27 14:39

Najaf - Iraqi police said on Friday they found "many" bodies of dead civilians and police, including some who were executed and mutilated, at a religious court set up by rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr in Najaf.

"We entered the building which was being used as Moqtada Sadr's court and we discovered in the basement a large number of bodies of police and ordinary civilians," said the deputy head of the Najaf police, General Amer Hamza al-Daami.

"Some were executed, others were mutilated and others were burned."

- AFP