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US army strongly denies report of killing Iraqi sisters
Baghdad, Nov 29: The US-led coalition ruling Iraq has strongly denied a report that American troops had killed two young Iraqi sisters near Baqubah, 60 km north of Baghdad.
Baghdad, Nov 29: The US-led coalition ruling Iraq
has strongly denied a report that American troops had killed
two young Iraqi sisters near Baqubah, 60 km north of
Baghdad.
"US forces had nothing to do with the death of either of
the young women. Both incidents appear to be murder. Iraqi
police in the area are investigating," said a coalition
provisional authority spokesman yesterday.
The girls were found dead by the US army and Iraqi police, he told reporters.
"US forces, in pursuit of two men who had been digging a hole in a field north of Baqubah, found a young girl, already dead. The men may have been preparing to bury the girl. Later the same day, Iraqi police and us forces found the remains of a second young girl.
"US forces assisted in the delivery of both bodies to the Baqubah General Hospital morgue," he said.
A man said earlier that US troops at IBN Firnas airport, seven km from Baqubah, shot his sisters Fatima and Azra, 15 and 12, at midday Thursday as they were collecting wood from a field some 30 metres away.
"Azra died on the spot and my other sister later died from her wounds," said 18-year-old Qusay Hasan Ali.
Policeman Hussein Ali said US forces handed one of the girls' bodies over to the police "arguing that she had a gun in her possession." Police searched the girls' home, "without finding anything illegal," Ali added.
Bureau Report
The girls were found dead by the US army and Iraqi police, he told reporters.
"US forces, in pursuit of two men who had been digging a hole in a field north of Baqubah, found a young girl, already dead. The men may have been preparing to bury the girl. Later the same day, Iraqi police and us forces found the remains of a second young girl.
"US forces assisted in the delivery of both bodies to the Baqubah General Hospital morgue," he said.
A man said earlier that US troops at IBN Firnas airport, seven km from Baqubah, shot his sisters Fatima and Azra, 15 and 12, at midday Thursday as they were collecting wood from a field some 30 metres away.
"Azra died on the spot and my other sister later died from her wounds," said 18-year-old Qusay Hasan Ali.
Policeman Hussein Ali said US forces handed one of the girls' bodies over to the police "arguing that she had a gun in her possession." Police searched the girls' home, "without finding anything illegal," Ali added.
Bureau Report