Iraqi police find 20 decapitated bodies

Twenty decapitated bodies were found dumped near a police station today west of the volatile city of Baquba in Iraq, police said…

Twenty decapitated bodies were found dumped near a police station today west of the volatile city of Baquba in Iraq, police said.

There was no immediate information on who the victims were. Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, is a mixed Sunni and Shia city that has been riven by sectarian violence

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