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Unknown body found near Makhmour

February 21, 2009 - 11:54:48

ARBIL / Aswat al-Iraq: An unknown corpse on Saturday was found by Iraqi army personnel near Makhmour district, according to a military source.

“Today, an army force found a body of a man in his thirties on the main road linking Makhmour district to al-Qayara district near Diyozanti village (28 km west of Makhmour),” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The body bore gunshot wounds,” the source noted, adding that an investigation is currently underway to reveal the motivations behind the murder.

Makhmour is administratively affiliated with Ninewa province. It is one of the disputed areas between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). It is located 68 km southwest of Arbil, which lies 362 km northeast of Baghdad.

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