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Iraqi Sunni prisoners killed in apparent reprisal

Posted on: Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 17:14 CST

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen in police uniforms seized 11 Sunni men suspected of being insurgents from a prison in the mainly Shi'ite city of Basra in southern Iraq on Wednesday and later killed them, police said.

Among those killed in the apparent reprisal attack for the bombing of a major Shi'ite shrine earlier in the day were two Egyptians, police sources said. The other nine were Iraqis.

The attackers arrived in a convoy of 16 cars.

All 11 prisoners were found dead later with gunshot wounds.

Six bodies were found in Republic Street in Basra. Three were discovered in the Sekak district of the city. The other two were found in Leader Street.

All the bodies were now in the morgue in Basra, a police source said.

The British military in Basra confirmed there had been an incident at the prison but had no further details.

Source: REUTERS

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