Iraqi teachers beheaded in front of students:report
Posted on: Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 09:04 CDT
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Ministry of State for National Security said on Wednesday two groups of gunmen entered two primary schools in Baghdad and beheaded two teachers in front of their students.
But the U.S. military and a police official said the attacks never took place.
"Two terrorist groups beheaded two teachers in front of their students in the Amna and Shaheed Hamdi primary schools in Shaab district in Baghdad," a ministry statement said.
An official in the ministry's press office also confirmed the report.
But the U.S. military said it was false.
"There is no substance to this report. It did not occur. But we are still checking with Iraqi police and other sources," said U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Johnson.
Police Major Kassim Ahmed told a Reuters reporter who went to the scene: "This is not true. It is made up."
Source: REUTERS
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