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| Police find 60 bodies in Baghdad | Police find 60 bodies in Baghdad |
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| Sixty bodies have been found scattered across the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police there have said. | Sixty bodies have been found scattered across the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police there have said. |
| A car bomb has also exploded near a Sunni mosque in a southern district of the city, killing 11 people. | |
| The bomb attack comes a day after 10 people were killed in a car bombing at a market in the capital. | |
| It also coincides with the release of new figures indicating that an estimated 300,000 Iraqis have fled their homes due to sectarian violence. | |
| Attacks have increased between Iraq's majority Shia Muslims and the Sunni minority, who dominated the country until the fall of Saddam Hussein. | |
| Executions | Executions |
| The 60 bodies, who were all men, were found in various parts of the city over a 24-hour period, defence and interior ministry officials said on Tuesday. | The 60 bodies, who were all men, were found in various parts of the city over a 24-hour period, defence and interior ministry officials said on Tuesday. |
| Many of them had been shot in the head at close range, execution-style. | Many of them had been shot in the head at close range, execution-style. |
| The victims also had their hands and feet bound and showed signs of torture - hallmarks of death-squad killings, the police said. | The victims also had their hands and feet bound and showed signs of torture - hallmarks of death-squad killings, the police said. |
| Tuesday's bomb was placed under a car near a mosque in the district of Doura, killing 11 bystanders standing outside a bakery, police said. | |
| The bomb - which also injured at least four people - exploded at about 1100 GMT. | The bomb - which also injured at least four people - exploded at about 1100 GMT. |
| Displaced families | |
| The sustained sectarian violence has seen more than 50,000 Sunni and Shiite families - around 300,000 people - flee their homes, according to figures released by Iraqi minister for migration, Dr Abd al-Samad Rahman. | |
| Some fled their homes after receiving direct threats while others simply felt threatened and moved to areas where their own sect predominates and they feel safer. | |
| The flight is continuing, especially in parts of Baghdad and Diyala province, north-east of the capital. |